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<h1>Bob Thornton</h1>
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<li><h2>Surely the Presence</h2>
<li><h2>Invocation</h2>
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<li>Celebrate Bob`s life
<li>Privilege and honor to take part in this service
<li>Family and Friends
<li>Remember
<li>Honor
<li>Learn From
<li>No sadness
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<li><h2>General Comments</h2>
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<li>Family<br>
- wife: Anne (Mama Bear)<br>
- daughter: Melanye<br>
- daughter: Robin<br>
- grandson: Holton<br>
- granddaughter: Guidry<br>
- grandson: Jonathan <br>
- granddaughter: Sadie<br>
- brother: Tommy<br>
- life-long friend: Johnnie Greenway<br>
- dogs - Belle, Poppy and Sassy<br>
<li>Education<br>
- BS UNC CH<br>
- MS Applied Math - NCSU
<li>Work<br>
- director of Computing Sciences - RTI<br>
- retired after 30 years of service
<li>Pasttime<br>
- Working in his shed - he could fix anything<br>
- fishing at Ocracoke<br>
- teaching and enjoying his grand-children<br>
- `Pig by Pop` - annual pig-picking
<li>Family
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<li><h2>My Personal Comments</h2>
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<li>1978 - hired me
<li>mathematical ability and `fitting in`
<li>Management style
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<li>protective <br>
-managed up rather than down
<li>nurturing<br>
- put you in situations where you could succeed<br>
- never held staff to unrealistic expectations
<li>giving<br>
- took less for himself and gave to his staff
<li><b>Family</b>
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<li>Don`t <b>talk</b> about it, just <b>do</b> it, just <b>be</b> it
<li>Unpretentious
<li>Honest
<li>Knew we all are `work-in-progress`
<li>His impact on my life<br>
- opportunity<br>
- a good example<br>
- how to take responsibility<br>
- how to be creative<br>
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<li><h2>Congregational Comments</h2>
<li><h2>Message on Preparation</h2>
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<li>Preface<br>
- Would have been barely comfortable with were he with us in the flesh<br>
- Why? - because some things can not be adequately expressed with words<br>
- Now, he is quite anxious that those he cared for consider this aspect of his life
<li>Premise: He was always prepared<br>
- at work he was pro-active not re-active<br>
- he was a great anticipator<br>
- he was a realist<br>
- he was practical<br>
- he valued common sense<br>
- spare tire<br>
- tools<br>
- gear<br>
- food and drink<br>
<li>Was he prepared to face death?
<li>Never talked to him about spiritual things<br>
- last visit, had to go to treatment, left a pamphlet
<li>He had accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior many year ago
<li>Was Bob perfect?
<li> Romans 12:3 <br>
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as <b>God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith</b>.
<li>Tied up any loose ends as he felt his physical life failing
<li>Bob left this life with many people owing him
<li>Bob left this life owing everything to his Creator and Savior
<li>Will Bob be weighed in balances to determine his eternal fate?<br>
- Matthew 19:17 <br>
...<b>there is none good but one, that is, God</b>...
<li>If so, we would be in doubt
<li>Assurance that everything is right with Bob through Jesus Christ his Lord<br>
- no cancer<br>
- no pain<br>
- no fear<br>
- only peace<br>
- and joy beyond measure
<li>Thank God that Bob was prepared
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<li><h2>Amazing Grace</h2>
<li><h2>Benediction</h2>
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<li>Prayer<br>
- Bob`s life<br>
- Holy Spirit to comfort<br>
<li>Congregation stands
<li>Family is ushered
<li>Congregation exits
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