Dr. Bobby R. Himes of Campbellsville, son of the late Elbert Himes and Ethel Whitler Himes, was born October 22, 1931. He died at 6:00 P.M., Saturday, June 28, 2008 at his home. Age: 76

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.

He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Air Force.

He was a 1950 graduate of Hartford High School, 1959 graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College, received his masters degree from Appalachian State College in 1961 and his doctorate in 1967 from Vanderbilt University. He taught at Appalachian State College in Boone, North Carolina for two years and retired as history and political science professor at Campbellsville University after some forty years.

He was an active member of the Republican Party and member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

He was twice named the Chamber of Commerce Educator of the year, the

2001 Business and Professional Women’s Club Man of The Year, and the

2004 Central Kentucky News Journal’s Man of The Year.

He united in marriage to Erlene Troutman August 20, 1961.

Besides his wife Erlene Himes of Campbellsville, he is survived by one daughter and son-in-law: Renee and John Abell of Columbia; one grandson: Aaron DeMers and wife Angie; three great-grandchildren: Austin DeMers, Sierra DeMers and Mackenzie DeMers; one brother and three sisters: Freddie B. Himes of Charleston, South Carolina, Doris (Bill) Mason of Beaver Dam, Janice (Howard) Stone of Hartford and Joan Himes of Prospect; three nephews and one niece: Terry Mason of Japan, Zachary Ashby and Adam Ashby of Hartford and Lisa Mason-Chaney of Maryland; and many other relatives and friends and associates.

He was also preceded in death by one brother and two sisters: Billy J. Himes, Betty Lois Himes and Ethel Rae Himes.

GRAVESIDE SERVICES:     2:00 P.M., Friday, July 4, 2008 at the              

                                                Oakwood Cemetery in Hartford, Ky

by Dr. Robert Clark and Rev. Wesley O. Hanson

Expressions of sympathy requested to be donations to the Bob and Erlene Scholarship Fund at Kentucky Wesleyan College or the Bill Himes Scholarship Fund at Campbellsville University.

Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville and Miller – Schapmire Funeral Home in Hartford in charge of arrangements.