Robert Blackburn Strother (1915 - 2008)

Born 20 Sep 1915 in Grayson, Carter, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Virginia Eloise (Krank) Strother — married 27 Oct 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Died 24 Jul 2008 at age 92 in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States

Biography

Robert was born in 1915. He is the son of Wickliffe Strother and Inez Wilhoit.

On 27 Oct 1943, Robert married Eloise Krank.^[1]

Biography:

"Dr. Strother Grew up in Grayson and later graduated with his medical degree from the University of Louisville. He served as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon during World War II and later retired as a Captain from the U.S. Naval Reserves. After leaving active duty, Dr. Strother practiced medicine in Toledo, Ohio as a general surgeon for 31 years at St. Luke's Hospital, where he served as chief of staff. He retired in 1993 and moved to St. Petersburg, Flordia where he remained until moving to Lawrence, Kansas in March of 2008. Dr. Strother was a member of the Shriners for many years. He was also a member of the America Medical Association. In Addition to Mrs. Strother, he is survived by one daughter, Dr. Myra Strother of Lawrence, Kansas; two sons, Robert B. Strother, JR of Cleveland, Ohio, and John P. Strother of Houston, Texas; one brother, Jack W. Strother of Grayson, KY.; one sister, Wickliffe Loomis of San Diego, California; and two grandchildren. Kendall Gooden and Virginia Strother."

Robert passed away in 2008 and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Grayson, Kentucky.^[2]

Residence

1930, Grayson, Carter, Kentucky^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-XVFS : 10 January 2019), Robert Blackburn Strother and Virginia Eloise Krank, 27 Oct 1943; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Norfolk, , Virginia, United States, certificate 26085, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #28966526
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6Q-4HY : accessed 20 February 2017), Robert Strother in household of W H Strother, Grayson, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 6B, line 70, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 739; FHL microfilm 2,340,474.