COOKEVILLE Funeral services for Robert Lee Ware, 68, of Cookeville, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 11 a.m. at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.

Entombment will be in Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.

Family will receive friends Monday, Jan. 1, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Ware died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

He was born March 1, 1938, in Hillsdale, Mich., to Velma E. Shaw Wilson of Cookeville and the late Charles H. Ware.

Mr. Ware was a member of Willow Avenue Church of Christ.

He was employed at Crotty Corp in Gainesboro for 38 years before retiring.

In addition to his mother, his family includes his wife, Patricia A. Perrone Ware of Cookeville; two daughters and sons-in-law, Michelle and Joseph Hulliberger of Coldwater, Mich., and Robyn L. and Casey Hively of Crossville; a son and daughter-in-law, Greg L. and Angie Ware of Coldwater; two stepdaughters and a stepson-in-law, Kathleen P. Bittles of New Windsor, N.Y., and Cheryl A. and Gary Tercasio of Chester, N.Y.; a stepson and stepdaughter-in-law, Robert R. and Barbara Paul of Central Valley, N.Y.; and 14 grandchildren.

In addition to his father, Mr. Ware was preceded in death by two sons, Bryan and Scott Ware.

Bro. Mike Webb will officiate the services.

Source:   Herald Citizen, Cookeville, TN, December 29, 2006