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Robert Reeves Suttles

Brookport Jun. 25, 1940 | Jan. 07, 2018
Brookport | Jun. 25, 1940 | Jan. 07, 2018

Mr. Robert Reeves Suttles, age 77, of Brookport, IL, peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior at 6:52 pm on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center after a long, hard fought battle with cancer.

Funeral services will immediately follow Masonic rites and boilermaker services starting at 1pm on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home with Rev. David Siere officiating. Burial will follow in Pell Cemetery with military rites.

Mr. Suttles was retired from Boilermaker’s Local 40 in Elizabethtown, KY and a member of the Brookport First Baptist Church. Robert was an avid car enthusiast and took his restored cars all over the US. He was a member of the Masonic Bay City Lodge #771 and an Air Force Veteran.

Robert is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sandra (Souders) Suttles of Brookport; one daughter, Robin (Suttles) Woods and husband Bill of Paducah, KY; one son, Scott Suttles and wife Christy of Wickliffe, KY; five grandchildren, Emily Morehead and husband Cody, Audrey Woods-Nee and husband Philip, Marshall Suttles, Joshua Suttles, and Liberty Suttles; two great grandchildren, Maddox Reeves Morehead and Mason Ryan Morehead; sister, Sandra Hutchison and husband Odie of Brookport; one half sister, Jean Taylor of Mayfield, KY; six nephews, Tracy Suttles, Boyd Suttles, Odie Wayne Hutchison, Hunter Ryan, Ben Suttles, Wesley Suttles; two nieces, Ashley Hutchison Sledd and Elly Nelson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William Wesley and Eudella Suttles; one brother, Howard Suttles and wife Verlee; an infant brother, Herbert Wayne Suttles; two nieces, Tina Ann Rice and Deanna Ryan.

Visitation will be held from 11:30am until 1pm on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center, 1530 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003.

Condolences may be left online at www.aikinsfarmer-millerfh.com.

 


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Metropolis, IL 62960
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