William Thomas Bobell

On June 23, 2019, our beloved father, William (Bill) Thomas Bobell, age 100, finally “went home.” He was born in Atwater, California on October 1, 1918. He was a WWII Army Air Corps pilot and instructor for the P-40 Warhawk. He held a variety of jobs in his lifetime. A few of these included working as chauffeur, working as a Greyhound bus driver, working on sets at Warner Bros. Studio, working in commercial refrigeration, working for many years at Lloyd A. Frye Roofing Mfg. In Jacksonville, Florida, working at Elk Roofing in Georgia, working as a foreman for DeKalb County Sanitation, and finally working as a security officer for Pinkerton at Western Electric. Survivors include his three children, Janice Bobell Dobbs (Lee, deceased), Nancy Bobell Johnson (Terry), and William Thomas (Tom) Bobell, Jr. (Rebekah); seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Dad was preceded in death by his wife of 74 years, Lillian Myrtice Kelly Bobell; his father, John August Bobell; his mother, Norma Genevieve Brandt Bobell Milligan; his sisters, Genevieve Bobell and Josephine Angus Bobell Hutchinson; his brother, John Aiken Bobell; his step-father, Walter H. Milligan; his half-sisters, Norma (Elizabeth) Milligan (Buckingham) Alkema, Grace Milligan White, and Ann Milligan Pasch; and his half-brothers, Vivian Isaac Milligan and Walter H. Milligan. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in the Columbarium at Southern Cremations & Funerals at Cheatham Hill with visitation at 10:00 am and the service at 11:00 am. Burial will follow in Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. The family suggests in lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Calvary Children’s Home in Powder Springs or to a charity of your choice.