of Marshall, AR

April 7, 1940 - September 7, 2023

Robert A. Overstreet, age 83, of Marshall passed from this life on Thursday, September 7th, 2023 at the White River Medical Center with family by his side. Robert was born in Marshall on April 7th, 1940 the son of Robert and Velma Overstreet. He grew up on the family farm on Nubbin Hill with five brothers and one sister. He often talked about the good old days, hitching up mule-powered mowing machines, using oil lamps for light and milking cows.

Robert went on several adventures after graduating from Leslie High School in '59, from working at a relative's sawmill in the mountains of New Mexico, to working on an apple orchard in Washington State. In 1962, Robert decided to enlist in the Navy and spent the next three years in the Navy Mobile Construction Battalion. He transferred from his original base in Fallon, Nevada to the Asia Pacific in 1963, where the battalion constructed aircraft runways for the LORAN navigation system on isolated Pacific atolls.

After leaving the Navy in 1965, Robert came back to Arkansas and in Marshall one day, he met the love of his life, a young lady named Shirley Horton. Robert and Shirley married on a cold bright morning, New Years Eve 1968 at the house of a local preacher in Zack. In 1970, they had a daughter, Tracy and a son, Brandon was born in 1975.

Robert was a skilled carpenter, who built furniture, cabinets and several houses. He was a soldier and a Gulf War veteran in the National Guard. Most of all, though, Robert's legacy is in the memories that he left behind; the hundreds of fun Summer days playing with the kids on the Buffalo River, the day he took his little granddaughter by the hand to find the first ripe strawberry of the season, or just a typical evening, sitting on the deck next to Shirley, holding her close and watching the sun set.

Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Velma Overstreet; brothers, Walter, Willie and David and daughter, Tracy Campbell.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley; his son, Brandon; his granddaughter, Hailey; his sister, Gladys and his brothers, Troy and Thomas.

The family invites friends and family to join them in celebrating the life of Robert. Graveside services for Robert will be 10:00 AM Thursday, September 14th, 2023 at Nubbin Hill Cemetery near Leslie, Arkansas.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Coffman Funeral Home
923 Highway 65 North
Marshall, AR  72650
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com