Robert Dean Flowers
May 18, 1935 - May 4, 2017
Robert Dean Flowers Age 81, of Braidwood, IL, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL. Born May 18, 1935 in Big Sandy, TN to the late Doss Hudson and Nell (nee Barnes) Flowers. Robert retired from the Carpenter’s Union, Local 195 and Local 1092. He was a member of the Main Street Baptist Church. Surviving are one son, Robert Doss (Denise DeMattie) Flowers of Braidwood; special companion, Edith Odom; former daughter-in-law, Theresa Flowers of Braidwood; three grandchildren, Emily (Derek) Torres, James Flowers, and Brian (Erica) Flowers; six grandchildren, Virginia, Mariana & Gwendolyn Torres and Leo, Lucas Conn and Logan Dean Flowers; seven sisters-in-law, Shirley Essertier of Culpeper, VA, Kaye (Thomas) Jones of Smithland, KY, Helen Watson of Marion, KY, Judy Faught of Marion, KY, Gerri (Larry) Johnson of Tolu, KY, Barbara (Danny) Browning of Marion, KY, and Debbie (Eddie) Summers of Marion, KY; three brothers, Doss Flowers of Big Sandy, TN, Thomas Flowers of Big Sandy, TN, and Kenneth Flowers of Shelby, NC. Other survivors include Debbie (Rick) McCombs, Cheryl (Howell) Bobo, Timmy (Patty) Odom, Mike (Karen) Odom, and Jackie Polox. Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Rose (nee Williams), whom he married March 31, 1955; sister, Mary V. (Gerald) Rushing, brother, EG Flowers, brother-in-law, Ray Williams, sisters-in-law, Louise Turley, Dorothy Rae, Billa Jean Flowers, Myrt Flowers, and Laura Flowers. Visitation will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd., Braidwood Chapel, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in Big Sandy, TN. Interment Bakers Chapel Cemetery in Big Sandy, TN. For more information and to visit his online guestbook, please log on to www.rwpattersonfuneralhomes.com or find us on Facebook at R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes. R.W. Patterson Funeral Home & Crematory 401 E. Main St., Braidwood, 815-458-2336 www.rwpattersonfuneralhomes.com
Robert Dean Flowers Age 81, of Braidwood, IL, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL. Born May 18, 1935 in Big Sandy, TN to the late Doss Hudson and Nell (nee Barnes) Flowers. Robert retired from... View Obituary & Service Information