Robert E Barber

passed from this world into immortality – our hearts – on 17 August. Born in Blountstown, FL, Bob graduated from Belle Glade High and attended Florida State University. Soon after leaving FSU, Bob settled in Tampa, met and married Catherine “Kitty” Bishop and opened his own wholesale automobile dealership – Top Value Auto Sales. He and Kitty were married nearly fifty years until her passing in 2006. Kitty had a son, David, from a previous marriage but she and Bob had a son, Robert, who passed in 2014. Bob is survived by friends and family who know their lives will always be a little brighter for having known him. His life will be celebrated on Wednesday, 23 August, at the Blount & Curry Funeral Home on MacDill Ave where his body will lie in state from 7pm – 9pm.