Robert Lonzo Broome, Jr., 81, of Tallahassee, Florida died Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Tallahassee.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M. Thursday, October 30, 2008, at Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Ocilla with Rev. Steve Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. Broome was born August 3, 1927 in Clinch County to the late Robert L. and Mary A. Cox Broome. He grew up in Ocilla before moving to Tallahassee, FL where he was a longtime resident. Mr. Broome was owner/operator of Gloria’s Nursery, a former employee with West Florida Frozen Food and he retired from Moore’s Concrete. He was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church.
Mr. Broome is survived by his wife, Gloria Broome of Tallahassee, Fl; sons and daughters-in-law, James H. & Ann Jones of Milton, Robert L. & Sherry Broome, III of Paradise, CA, William L. & Angie Broome of Tallahassee and John Dennis Broome of Tallahassee, FL; brother, Oliver Broome of Ocilla; sisters, Lucille Brooks of Albany and Wilma Alford of Ocilla; 9 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Johnny, Arthur, Julian and Steve Broome and sisters, Ila Mixson and Elizabeth Jane Smith.