Robert B. Lambert

ROBERT B. LAMBERT Robert B. Lambert, 80, of 104 Louisiana Avenue, Asheville, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at Duke Hospital in Durham. Mr. Lambert was born in Cherokee, was a son of the late Corbett and Addie Jordan Lambert, and was married to Martha Smith Lambert who died May 28, 1987. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Kevin Penley who died May 21, 1987. He was a retired shipping supervisor with C.P. Clare Company. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. He was a respected, kind, and humble gentlemen. He was a generous and loving father and proud grandfather and great-grandfather who loved his family very much. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Bobbie Ann and Danny Penley of Greenville, SC and Judy and Gerald Beathard of Durham; five grandchildren, Rene Taylor, Danny Penley, Jr., and Chuck Penley of Greenville, SC, and Kim Rumple and Valarie Keith of Durham; eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Corrine Shields and her husband Clarence of Asheville; and two brothers, Samuel Lambert and his wife Mary of Asheville, and Ted Lambert of Swannanoa. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. G.A. McCurry officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery. His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at the funeral home.