William Douglas Rambo

William Douglas Rambo, age 82, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2014.Mr. Rambo was born on September 12, 1932, in Murfreesboro, TN, son of the Frank Douglas Rambo and Ruth Pitts Rambo.Mr. Rambo graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1951 and later graduated from Lipscomb University in 1962. He will always be remembered as a passionate, caring and loving man who's life's work was to help people that were in need. He worked for the TN School for the Blind and the TN State Prison, where he taught adult basic Education for preparation for GED. He taught mobility and braille to the blind and visually handicapped. After many years of faithful service to those he helped, he retired in 1992.He was also a proud and active member of Johnson's Chapel United Methodist Church in Brentwood, TN, NAPSAE, NEA, TEA, Lions Club, Gideons, 4H and The American Legion Post #82.He is preceded in death by his parents and birth parents, Dave Irvin and Emma Matilda Pitts.Survivors include his wife, Esther Faye Rambo of Nashville, TN; son, Frank Rambo of Marietta, GA; step-son, Tony Gilbert (Connie) of Antioch, TN; grandchildren, Shannon Alvis of Antioch, TN, LeeAnne Mullikin of Smyrna, TN, and Robin Gilbert of Nashville, TN; seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.The family would like to give a special thanks to Guardian Hospice of Franklin, TN, for the tender and loving care given to Mr. Rambo.A Celebration of Life service will be held at two-thirty in the afternoon on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home. Entombment will follow in Woodlawn's Cross Mausoleum.Visitation will be held from four o'clock in the afternoon until seven on Monday, November 10, 2014, at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Johnson's Chapel UMC and American Printing House for the Blind.