Robert E. Gaultney (Bob) began his life journey 88 years ago on May 5, 1931 in Birmingham, Alabama. At an early age, he gave his life to Jesus Christ, surrendering to preach in his early teens. He graduated from Phillips High School and from there he went to Howard College in Birmingham (now Samford University) and spent his last two years at Baylor University here in Texas, graduating in 1952. He spent the next three years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He married Pat in 1954 while at the Seminary. He was a pastor of churches in Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio.
Bob is preceded in death by his parents, Edith and Ira Gaultney, and by his daughter, Janeth Richardson. He is survived by his wife, Pat Gaultney; daughter Tricia Edwards and husband Michael; son Robert Gaultney and wife Ginny; son Philip Gaultney and wife Alisa. He is also survived by his grandchildren Seth and Meredith Richardson, Erica, Nicholas, and Christopher Edwards, Kaitlyn Deeter, Jacob Gaultney, and Nathaniel and Nick Gaultney. He is survived by his great grandchildren Victoria, Cooper, Ellie, Hunter, Jackson, and Cohen Edwards, Hazel Richardson, Jude, Ellie Grace, and Lucy Deeter. Finally, he is survived by a great great grandson, Oliver Edwards.
Visitation will be Saturday, June 29 from 12:00-2:00pm, with funeral service beginning at 2:00pm at Moore Bowen Road Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Moore Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Blessing the Generations at First Baptist Church Arlington by visiting https://www.fbca.org/btgcommitment
