ROBERT J. (BOBBY) DUDLEY

BOBBY DUDLEY

Graveside service for Robert J. (Bobby) Dudley, 69, of Dallas was at 1 p.m. Thursday at Jarratt Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Morris Sheats Morris Sheats o f f i c i a t i n g . Arrangements were under the direction of Autry Funeral Home. A memorial service was Saturday at 2 p.m. at Epithany Episcopal Church in Richardson. Mr. Dudley died Feb. 5. He was born Aug. 3, 1937, in Jacksonville to Edward and Thelma Dudley. He was a builder his entire life starting out with his father. After moving to Dallas he formed general construction company, development and masonry companies. He was a home builder, a consultant for FDIC and RTC and numerous banks. He and his wife designed builder home projects. He taught Sunday school, was a lay pastor, senior lay pastor and eventually a district pastor. Preceding him in death was his father, Edward Dudley. Survivors are his wife of 32 years, Maxine Dudley; his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Richard Porter; his two sons and daughter-in-law, Brad Dudley and Barry and Jayne Dudley; a stepson and step-daughterin law, Brent and Kristi Young; his grandchildren Nick and Sarah Beth Porter, Beau and Bennet Dudley, Brock and Taylor Dudley, Blake and Bailey Young; his mother, Thelma Dudley; and two sisters Mary Lynn Harper and Tricia Dudley. Pallbearers were Burr Davis, Wayne Dudley, Luther Jackson, Elray Meyers, Ed Smith and Nelson Wall. In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to his autistic grandson's trust: Beau Dudley Support Trust, P.O. Box 670143, Dallas 75367-0143.