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Robert K. (Bob) Laird - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger March 24, 2009

Robert K. Laird

Funeral services for Robert K. (Bob) Laird, age 76, will be held today at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Tallulah, LA. Burial will be in Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Visitation was 5-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mr. Laird was born April 5, 1932, and passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009, in Tallulah, LA. He was a native of Flora, Mississippi, and moved to Tallulah in 1949. Following graduation from Tallulah High School and Louisiana State University, he served three years in the U.S. Air Force.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Annette Smith Laird; brother, Jack Laird; and sisters, Loraine L. Smith and Maxine L. Stegal.

He is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Tony Lourens, of Germantown, TN; and two grandsons, Colin and Tyler Lourens. He is also survived by a brother, William E. Laird, Monroe, LA; and sister, Lynda L. McKellar of Brandon, MS.

Mr. Laird was a member of First Baptist Church of Tallulah, where he served as a trustee; was past superintendent of the fifth district levee board; a former Madison Parish Police juror; secretary, treasurer and president of the Farmers’ Co-op Gin; and a member of the First South Farm Credit Board of Directors.

Pallbearers were Bill Querrey, James Reeves, Jay Byram, Terry Murphy, Jack Laird and grandsons Colin and Tyler Lourens.

Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.