Robert L. Hendrix passed away on 2/27/2021 of natural causes at the age of 89. A native of Tucker, GA., he had been living in Grayson, GA for the past 30 years. He graduated from Tucker High School in 1948 where he played football and thereafter attended GA State University. After serving 3 years in the Marine Corps during the Korean War where he attained the rank of sergeant, he worked as a State Farm Insurance agent retiring after 55 years with the company and was a Lifetime Member of the President’s Club with State Farm.
Bob had a zest for life and enjoyed travel, ballroom dancing, karaoke, water skiing, boating, vacationing at his condo in Florida, his lake cabin at Lake Lanier, and hunting, and fishing.
Bob taught Sunday school at Tucker First Baptist Church and had been a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church for the last 40 years. He coached Little League Baseball, Midget Football, and was an assistant scout master for Troop 129 in Tucker where he had been a Boy Scout in his youth. He was one of the top Chow Chow breeders in the country and served as president of the Greater Atlanta Chow Chow Club.
Bob married his high school sweetheart, Bernice Cash Hendrix in 1954 and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 3/12/2004. They were able to travel the world together for 30 years.
He is pre-deceased by his wife, Bernice Hendrix, his parents, Marvin and Grace Hendrix and his sisters Betty Bauknight and Marlene Hendrix.
He was a devoted father and is survived by his sons and their spouses, Robert L. Hendrix, Jr. and Laura, son, John Steven Hendrix and Judy, daughter Karen Hendrix-Glidewell and the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren, Robert L. Hendrix, III, Lane Davis, Jonathan A. Hendrix, Amanda Leigh Hendrix, Michelle Glidewell, Mallory Hendrix, and Alex Hendrix. He also has four great grandchildren, Sammy Hendrix, Harrison Hendrix, Max Hendrix, and Asher Ryskosky. The family will receive guest at Floral Hills Funeral Home on Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 which is located at 3150 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker, GA 30084 at 2:00 PM and graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
