Robert Frederick Shillito, 59, a native of Birmingham and a resident of Elberta, died Saturday, May 17, 2008.
In the 1980s, he taught at Moody Elementary School, Moody, and at Houston Academy in Dothan. He worked for Nuncie’s Music Co. in Birmingham in the 1970s. Also in the 1970s, he played with the Joe Giattina Band in Birmingham. For the last four years of his life he was the heart and soul of the “Just Us” Band. Mr. Shillito was a member of the Abate Gulf Coast Chapter in Pensacola, Fla.
Survivors include his wife, Denise Shillito of Elberta; two daughters, Rosanne Shillito of Elberta and Audrey Leon of Copperas Cove, Texas; four sons, Stephen Shillito of Gulf Shores, James Duchesneau of Elberta, Joel Duchesneau of Elberta and Caleb Duchesneau of Lewiston, Maine; sister, Nancy Shillito Gentry of Gravel Switch, Ky.; uncle, Granville Gilstrap of San Angelo, Texas; nine grandchildren; nieces, nephews, many close friends.
Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 at Wolfe Bayview Funeral Home, Foley. Graveside services and interment will begin at 3 p.m. at Elberta Public Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
