Services for Bobby D. Waller, 87, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Harold Ware will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Waller passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at his home. He was born July 5, 1928 to Lewis and Bessie Earles Waller in Shawnee, but moved to Ada as a very young child. He graduated from Ada High School in 1946 and then entered the U. S. Army for three years. He served in the Korean War, and after discharge, he worked for Wilson and Company in Oklahoma City for two years.
He returned to Ada and earned a B. S. in Business Administration from East Central University in 1955. He later earned a master’s degree by correspondence. He concurrently worked at Evergreen Mills
Bobby was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ada, and he was active in many community and chamber activities. He served several years on the Ada Western Heritage Committee, on the Chamber Industrial Committee, and the Agricultural Committee and others. He was president of the Oklahoma Feed Industry Association from 1979 to 1980, and he served on the Board of Directors of the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) in 1982-1983. He was a board member of Pontotoc County Bank; he served on the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry board, and on the Midwest Council of AFIA.
He began work at Evergreen in 1953 as a sale analyst, and he was president from 1988 until he retired in 1992.
Most recently, he was a Mercy Auxiliary treasurer (for ten years), and a hospital volunteer (for five years). He coached his son’s little league baseball team for several years, and he annually travelled with his grandchildren on vacations throughout the United States until they became adults. He enjoyed working on his farm, playing poker with friends, visiting his best friend in Florida and trips to Las Vegas.
He is survived by a brother, Leonard Waller of Seminole; a son, Dr. Robert Waller and his wife Rhoda of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Linda Rains and her husband Mark of Atoka; three grandchildren, Stefanie Tweedy and her husband Greg of Ada, Lindsay Glenn and her husband Eric of Ada, Matthew Waller of Oklahoma City and Chloe Waller of Denver, CO; a great-grandson, Codee Glenn of Ada; and his best friend, Harold Cobb of Milton, FL.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Dennis Waller; and a sister, Wilma Waterman.
Bearers will be Don Butler, Alan Butler, Mark Manuel, Burl Webb and Brian Johnson.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the American Heart Association, 3401 NW 63rd, Ste. 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73116.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
