Bob Harlow

Memorial services for Bobby "BOB" Joe Harlow, 86 of Cookeville, will be Friday, June 2 at 1 PM at the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with military honors by the Veterans Honor Guard. The family will receive friends Friday after 11 AM until service time at the funeral home. Pastor Tom Strong will officiate.

He was born October 21, 1936 in Mount Pleasant, TN to the late Joe Norman and Gladys Mai Curtis Harlow.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Kathleen "Kay" Francis Wood Long Harlow on November 4, 2014; a daughter, Julie Lynn Harlow; son, Michael Ray Harlow; siblings, Charles R. Harlow, Norman Carl Harlow, William E. Harlow, Barry Dale Harlow, Betty Jean Nance, Dorothy Porter and Linda Gale Harlow.

Bob was a US Navy veteran serving from 1955 to 1959. He retired from the City of San Miguel, California as a fireman.

He was a member of Gideons International. Bob had been a member of Bear Cove Baptist Church and later at Hamptons Crossroads Baptist Church.

Survivors include a brother, Larry Harlow of Crestview, Florida.

Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)526-7158. You may share your thoughts and memories at dyerfh.com.