Visitation will be 12:00-2:00pm, Monday, February 11, 2019, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm in the funeral home chapel with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
Bob was born September 30, 1945, in Laredo, Texas, a son of the late William Hempel and Mary Lee Malone Hempel.
Bob served our country in the U.S. Air Force and attended Conquerors Bible College. He enjoyed a lengthy career in sales and installation of commercial air freshening products with his company, The Good Scents.
A true “people person”, Bob loved to be around others, simply talking and sharing life stories. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing and working in his yard, especially with his tomato plants.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Ruby J. Hempel; daughter, Shirley Hempel; son, Chris Hempel and wife Lisa; sisters, Donna Enloe, Karen Lundt, and Mary Koppenhaven; brothers, Mike Hempel, Bill Hempel, and Glenn Hempel; grandsons, Bradley and Christon Hempel; granddaughters, Kristina Hempel, Ashley May, and Dystine Hale; 5 great-grandchildren; and his beloved church family.
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