Robert "Bob" Booth, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Bob worked at BAC for 21 years, retiring in 1998. In the years that followed, he worked in farming, chimney sweeping, and other ventures. He spent 6 years in the National Guard in the early seventies. His true passions were salt-water fishing, truckin' on the beach, gardening, and the Shack. Bob was inventive, funny, and gave the best hugs. Called away too quickly for those left to cherish his memory and celebrate his life is his wife and soul mate of 19 years, Debbie; two children, son, Charlie Booth, and a daughter, Debbie May and her husband Bobby; grandchildren, Myranda, Brittany, Monica, Gage and Melanie; and sister, Bonnie Parker and her husband Keith. He will be dearly missed by his many beloved and close friends. Bob is preceded in death by his parents, Geneva W. and Robert S. Booth; and his nephew, Troy Cade Parker. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Berry-Short Funeral Home, 119 NW Front Street, Milford, where friends and family may call between noon and 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Union Church on North Union Church Road, Lincoln.