Robert E. Lord Sr., 84, born April 17, 1927 in Atmore, died Sunday, June 27, 2010.
He was a lifelong resident of Pensacola, Fla., and Baldwin County, served in the Navy during World War II, received training at Great Lakes Naval Air Station, and assigned to duty on the aircraft carrier USS Block Island CVE-21. He was aboard when the carrier was sunk on May 29, 1944, near the Canary Islands by the German U Boat U-594. The Navy commissioned another Block Island CVE-106 which he also served on. After discharge, he became a lifetime member of VFW Post 5658 Kichler-Pippen in Elberta.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James M. Lord and Nora Louise Hawkins; five brothers, James M., Rufus L., Howard B., Carlos, Oscar and David N.; and four sisters, Ora Bell Fowler, Bessie White, Laura A. O’Brien, and Ella Lord.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lord Jr.; many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 1 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Foley. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 2 from the funeral home chapel. Interment will followe at Elberta Public Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
