Robert A. “Bob” Legge’, 85, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015, due to complications from surgery.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Biggers Funeral Chapel. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. on Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home prior to the service. Following the service, there will be a time to celebrate Bob’s life at the B.J. Clark Building, 601 SE Parkway, Azle.
Born February 8, 1930, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bob grew up on Galveston Island. After high school he joined the Army Air Forces where he proudly served on the island of Okinawa during the Korean War. Bob Legge’ and Judy McDonald were married in 1955. Together they raised four children. He worked as a prominent builder/developer in the Mid-Cities area until his retirement in 1985. Mr. Legge’ was loved, respected and revered by many during his lifetime.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Sylvester and Vesta Faye Legge’; sisters, Gloria Robertson and Joann Brandt; brother, John Edward Legge’; and son-in-law, Larry Corley.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Judy; son, Mark Legge’; daughters, Toni Legge’ Corley, Cara Legge’ Smith and Gina Legge’; sons-in-law, Mark Smith, Jim Schluter and Jerry Barrow; grandchildren, Jason Legge’ and wife, Andrea, Justin Legge’, Jerrod Legge’, Amy Rios and husband, Miguel, Deric Corley, Chris Smith, Gerron Smith, Chanda Schluter and husband, Jacob Bryan, and Logan Schluter; great-grandchildren, Daylinn and Lianah Rios, Kaylynn Legge’ and Nathan and Luke Bryan; sister, Helen Schneider; brother-in-law, Clifford Brandt; sister-in-law, Alice Legge’; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.