Bobby Joe Crocker, 80, of Union City passed away 9:44 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
Graveside services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Brother Robert Johnson will officiate.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial be made to Hometown Walk of Hope, P.O. Box 482, Union City, Tennessee 38281 or Hope Lodge, 718 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38103 in Robin Crocker's memory.
Bobby was born February 11, 1938, in Carroll County, son of the late Archie Lee and Velma Faye (Baird) Crocker. He married Carolyn (Hendrix) Crocker September 3, 1960. She passed away October 29, 1996. He married Freda (Inman) Crocker September 5, 1997. She survives. Bobby had been employed at Kinkead and the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City and was a United States Army veteran.
He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Brandy Early of Troy; one stepson, Terry Harper of White Bluff; one sister, Katherine Faye Cunningham of Lorain, Ohio; and five brothers, Harold Lee Crocker of Atwood, Harris Crocker (Shelby) of Medina, James Crocker (Sissy) of Milan, Cecil Crocker (Frances) of Chesapeake, Virginia, and Billy Ray Crocker of Union City.
He was also preceded in death by his son, Robin Crocker.
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