February 21, 1944 ~ February 10, 2025 (age 80)
David Robert “Bobby” Harless, age 80, died Monday, February 10, 2025 in Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville, NC. Born February 21, 1944 in Gallagher, WV, he was the son of the late Chalmer Harless and Edith Cunningham Harless.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy and a Master Mason in Ohio.
He did many things in his life; worked on minuteman missiles, worked in the oil fields, a tugboat captain and engineer, a commercial fisherman on the outer banks, and a dirt farmer in Ohio. He was a very hard worker and could fix anything and always provided for his family.
He is survived by his wife Ofelia G. Nawrot of the home; four children, Jean Whitehurst Connor of Chadbourn, NC, Jennifer Barrington of Louisianna, Jeri Barinsfather of Louisiana, and Johnathan Harless of West Virginia; one brother Chalmer E. Harless; grandchildren, Elizabeth Whitehurst, Luther Whitehurst, Coty Connor, Meri Willetts, Aurelia Hoy, Abagail Everhart, Amelia Harless, Travis Hinman; great grandchildren, Brinley Whitehurst, Evelyn Truman, Cayden Connor; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Sandra Harless; daughter, Joan Harless; sister, Shirley Milam; his beloved grandmother, Aurelia Rose Cunningham.
We miss you DAD!
A life celebration will be held at a later date. A service of Inman Ward Funeral Home & Crematory.
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