Obituary of Robert Bock

POWELLS POINT, N. C. BOCK Robert Felton ‘Bob’ Bock, 80, of 7441 Caratoke Highway, Powells Point, N. C. died Thursday, May 26, 2005 at the Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth, VA. Mr. Bock was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Carl and Sallie Felton Bock, Sr. He was owner/operator of Bock’s Wholesale Nursery, member of the Beech Grove United Methodist Church in Driver, VA., veteran of the U. S. Army having served during World War II, charter member of the Bennett’s Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad in Suffolk, Va., former member of the Bennett’s Creek Ruritan Club and the Driver Volunteer Fire Department, a 1952 graduate of North Carolina State University, retired partner and president of Lancaster Farms in Suffolk, VA. Mr. Bock was Santa Claus for eleven years for the Drug Care of Grandy, and also at the Bank of Currituck and the Cotton Gin. Survivors include his wife; Frances Dameron Bock, one daughter Catherine B. Switzer and her husband Dennis M. Switzer of Suffolk, VA., three sons; Felton L. Bock and his wife Beatrice and William ‘Fred’ Bock and his wife Mary all of Powells Point, NC and James C. Bock and his wife Daisy of McAlisterville, PA, four grandchildren Erica Switzer, Brenda Switzer, Timothy Bock and Madeline Bock. He was preceded in death by one son Terry L. Humphreys. A funeral service will be held Sunday, May 29, at 3:00 P. M. at the Grandy Assembly of God with Pastor Steven King officiating. Burial will follow in Laurel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will join friends Saturday, May 28, from 6:30 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. at the Twiford Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC and other times at the home. Twiford Funeral Home, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC is serving the Bock family. You may sign the online register at twifordfh.com.