Robert L. “Bob” Jennings, age 97, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee passed away peacefully on November 12, 2026. He was born February 4, 1929 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee to Fred and Eva Jennings.
Bob married Ruth Celia Garrett of Hendersonville, Tennessee on August 21, 1954. They celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in August of this year.
He spent the first fourteen years of his life in the Long Hollow Pike area in Goodlettsville, TN. He moved to Washington DC in 1944, at the age of 15, to be with his mother, Eva, who began working in DC at the Federal Government in 1941. He attended high school, a teacher’s college and George Washington University while there. He continued his education at UT Nashville majoring in accounting for 3 ½ years and took classes at the University of Memphis as well. Bob served in the US Army for two years and the Army Reserve for three years.
Bob began his career with the Internal Revenue Service in June of 1950 and retired from the IRS in November of 1985 where he served mainly as a Revenue Agent in the Goodlettsville, Columbia, and Memphis IRS offices. He then worked in his own business as a federal tax consultant for several years.
He always enjoyed working on his farmland and riding his tractor, tending to his cattle and coaching his two sons in various sports.
He and his wife moved to Lawrenceburg in 2001 where he was a member of the First Baptist Church for many years. He enjoyed volunteering in the church’s life center and also ushering at the church. He played golf at local courses, loved reading Westerns, and solving crossword puzzles.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Fred, who passed in 1989 at the age of 79; his mother, Eva, who passed in 1993 at the age of 83; his grandmother, Effie Ralph, who passed in 1952 at the age of 70; and a special aunt, Mildred Ralph Kizer, who passed in 1985 at the age of 74.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth G. Jennings; his sons, Phillip E. Jennings, and Paul L. Jennings (Cherdelle); and granddaughter, Aubrey Ruth Jennings.
Arrangements are being handled by Neal Funeral Home, 231 N. Military Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday, November 16, 2026, at Neal Funeral Home. Graveside service and interment will be conducted at Lawrence County Memorial Gardens at 12:30 PM Monday, November 16, 2026, with Jeff Vanlandingham officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that any memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
