Robert E. Dean
July 29, 1935 - September 30, 2010
Mr. Robert Earl “Bob” Dean, 75, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Memorial Hospital, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Mr. Dean was born July, 29, 1935, in a log cabin in Waterman, Texas, Shelby County, to the late L.D. and Velma Dean.
Robert owned and operated The Peanut Shack in University Mall for 26 years. He was also the owner of Peanut Shacks in Palestine and Marshall, Texas. Robert Earl was also a Pilgram's Pride poultry farm owner and operator for over 35 years. He was retired from NIBCO Inc. after 31 years where he served as Personnel Director. Robert loved the outdoors: fishing, hunting and digging in his vegetable and flower gardens. He touched many lives with his sense of humor and caring ways, as was witnessed by the many friends who came to say so during his illness and declared he was “a good man.”
His family, wife, children, and grandchildren thought he was “the greatest.”
Mr. Dean is survived by his wife, Janie Burch Dean; daughters, Jan Carnley and husband Kent, Karen Patterson and husband Mark, and (more than a daughter-in-law) Annie Dean, wife of the Dean's beloved son, Greg, who preceded Mr. Dean in death, March 20, 2008. He is also survived by his sisters, Joyce Dean and Carolyn Patterson and husband Ellis and Annette Mueller.
He was the beloved “Pa Daddy” to his eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren: Jodi Penrod and husband Matt, Jaime Garcia and husband Steve, Jay Kent Carnley and wife Alyssa, Kaleb Carnley and wife Ashley, Kyle Carnley, Kali Carnley, John Kyle Carnley, Johnathan Patterson, Evie, Alex and Kate Dean; and great-grandchildren: Eathan, Colin, Kyla Segura and Kenna Penrod, Ashton Carnley, Tatym Carnley, Bella Carnley and Zander Garcia.
Funeral services are set for 10:00 a.m. Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at the Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel, 5400 North Street, Nacogdoches, with Bro. David Alders, Bro. Dale Morton, and Bro. Bailey Alders officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 5127 North Street, Nacogdoches.
Visitation will be held Sunday, Oct. 3, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, 5400 North Street, Nacogdoches.
Pallbearers will be Mr. Dean's grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will include Nolan Alders, Dell Waggoner, Elbert Roark, David Roark, Robert Holt, Robert Boucher, Nathan Alders, and his NIBCO co-workers.
Memorial donations may be offered to Regents Academy, 200 N.E. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961, or to the charity of your choice.
The Dean family would like to express appreciation to Dr. Richard Baker for his extraordinary care and to the nurses and aides at Memorial Hospital who became like family with their love and compassion.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches, Texas.