Mr. Robert William “Bobby” Gill, 68, of Fernandina Beach, passed away on Friday evening, Oct. 14, 2016, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.
Born in Blackshear, Ga., he was the second of six children born to the late Nolan Archie and Ruth Brown Gill. As an infant, he and his family moved to Fernandina with his father’s career at Container Corporation of America. Bobby grew up in Fernandina, where he attended school before being drafted into the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a radio operator. At the close of the Vietnam conflict and having received an honorable discharge, he returned to Fernandina Beach, where he later met and married Janet Dale Caulkins of Callahan. Upon returning home after serving in the USMC, he accepted employment with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office as a jailer and dispatcher. He later joined ITT Rayonier as a welder, where he remained until retiring in the early 2000s. He, his wife and their children made their home in Fernandina Beach until moving off the island in 1994.
Bobby grew up as a Baptist and, upon meeting and marrying Janet, began following the Methodist faith.
He was a member of Brickyard Hunting Club, which was founded by his father. Bobby enjoyed hunting, fishing and any out-of-doors activity. Known as the family handyman, he could fix anything presented to him in nonworking condition.
Mr. Gill leaves behind his wife of 36 years, Janet Gill of Fernandina Beach; children, Alina Gill of Fernandina Beach, Weston Gill and his wife, Emily, of Fernandina Beach, and Robert W. “Robbie” Gill; a sister, Brenda Rowe of Yulee; three brothers, Nolan A. Gill Jr. of Hilliard, Cecil Gill of Fernandina Beach and Michael Gill of Fernandina Beach; two grandchildren, Amanda Smith and William Alvin Rimes IV; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in Maxwell Hall of Memorial United Methodist Church of Fernandina Beach with the Rev. Drew Weseman officiating.
Mr. Gill’s family will receive friends Thursday from 10 a.m. until the hour of service in Maxwell Hall.
He will be laid to rest at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Jacksonville National Cemetery with military honors.
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Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors