Robert Box Jr.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

PRINCETON, Ind. -- Robert Box Jr., 76, died Nov. 15, 2005, in St. Lukes Hospital in Houston.

Born April 20, 1929, in Portageville, Mo., son of the late Robert and Etta Jones Box, he was of the First Church of God faith and a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Korean War.

He was united in marriage to Anna Lee Vancleave who survives of the home.

In addition to his wife, survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Robert Jeffery Box of Bloomington, Ind., and Gregory and Tammy Lynn Box of Houston; one brother, Harvey Leon Box of Summerville, S.C.; and five grandchildren.

Visitation is at 5 p.m. Friday at the DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Dean Frazier officiating.

Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.