Robert "Bob" Edgeworth Weeks Jr.

February 16, 1936 - November 1, 2018

Mr. Robert "Bob" Edgeworth Weeks, Jr., age 82, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018. A memorial service will be held Monday, November 5, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Eatonton. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the service time. Bob was born on February 16, 1936 in Wrens, GA to the late Robert Edgeworth Weeks, Sr. and the late Sara Matthews Weeks. His mother, Sara, and twin brother both died in childbirth, and his father and stepmother, Frances Ready Weeks, raised Bob. After graduation from Wrens High School, Bob joined the Army Security Agency. After discharge, he attended and graduated from Southern Technical Institute. He then met his wife of 57 years in Atlanta, GA, and they were married on August 1, 1959. He worked For Enterprise Aluminum Co. for 23 years and retired from Weeks Supply Co. after 27 years. He was an avid outdoorsman and a member of First Baptist Church of Eatonton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Andriette Bouchelle Weeks. He is survived by his daughter Lisa (Frank) Fitzgerald of Collierville, TN, son William Isaac (Douglass) Weeks, Sr. of Eatonton, grandchildren William Isaac Weeks, Jr. and Matthew Weeks both of Eatonton, and Tori Fitzgerald of Dallas, TX, Taylor (Zack) Schwarz of Milwaukee, WI, and Olivia Fitzgerald of Collierville, TN, sisters Sara (Charles) Dillard of Hephzibah, GA, and Mary Frances (Jim) Florence of New Bern, NC Donations can be made in Mr. Weeks' memory to the First Baptist Church of Eatonton, GA Endowment Fund.