Bob Maggart

Funeral services for Mr. Robert "Bob"� J Maggart, 81 of Cookeville will be held Thursday January 31 at 11 a.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment, with military honors, will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Dr. Charles McCaskey and Dr. Perryn Rice will officiate. Mr. Maggart died Monday afternoon January 28, 2013 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 6, 1931 in Putnam County, Tennessee to the late Robert Pete and Mattie Bell Dyer Maggart. He was a graduate of Baxter Seminary and earned his Industrial Technology Degree from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU) in 1957. He began his career with Tire Engineers in Cookeville working from 1957 until 1981. Later in 1981 he opened Maggart Tire Company LLC which he owned and operated until his death. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of the Mattie Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church of Silver Point. He personified love in his relationships with family, employees, friends and all who knew him. He loved NASCAR Racing and was an avid pheasant hunter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Tammy Maggart, sister, Mary Clemons, and two brothers, Willard Maggart and Frank Maggart. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Christine Russell Maggart whom he married February 19, 1955 in Rossville, GA); son and daughter-on-law, James and Evon Maggart; grandchildren, Kimberly Maggart and James Robert (Amanda) Maggart; great grandson, Eric James Maggart ; all of Cookeville; sister, Louise (Robert H.) Buck of McMinnville & Cookeville; nephew, Scott Burton; niece, Shannon (Fred) Byrd; great nephews, Lance Byrd and Logan Byrd; and special dear friend Bob Hill. Bob Hill will serve as an Honorary Pallbearer. Active Pallbearers will be employees of Maggart Tire Company. His family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services. Mr. Maggart"�s family wish to extend their deepest appreciation and thanks to Dr. Kenny Lynn, nurses, and staff at Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Bethesda Health Care Center.ljh Memorial contributions may be made to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church 565 East 10th Street Cookeville; Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church 317 Liberty Lane McMinnville, TN 37110, Mattie Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church 14137 Tucker Ridge Road, Silver Point, TN, 38582 or the Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter 2105 West Jackson St Cookeville, TN 38501,