Robert Charles Schwartz, Sr

May 31, 1923 - February 16, 2020

Robert Charles Schwartz, Sr. age 96 passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at the Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 31, 1923 in Crews, TX, the son of the late Charles William and Ruby Berd Cox Schwartz. He graduated high school in Winters, TX and received a mechanical engineering degree from Texas Tech University. He married Velma Carol Stumbo in 1946 and they made their home in the Lubbock, TX area. She preceded in death in 1960. He was district engineer for Anderson Clayton Paymaster Division and later Continental Moss Gordon Cotton Gin Equipment and later Johnson Manufacturing in Lubbock. He retired from Consolidate Horne & Gladden. He married Lois Williams in 1961 and they made their home in the Lubbock/Abilene area and retired to Kingsland, TX. Mrs. Schwartz preceded in death in 2005. He served as a deacon and elder at the University Church of Christ in Lubbock. He moved to Henderson in 2018 to make his home with Paul and Mary Lane. He attended the Estes Church of Christ. Mr. Schwartz is survived by two sons, Dr. Robert Charles Schwartz and wife Debbie of Dallas, TX and Dr. Paul Edward Schwartz and wife Mary Lane of Henderson; a daughter, Carol Marie Nash and husband Colquitt of Lake Stevens, WA; a sister, Peggy McAnnally of Abilene, TX and a sister-in-law, Virginia Schwartz; twelve grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Raymon and Halley Schwartz and three sisters, Cecil Dean Adami, Imogene Mickey and Aletha Belew. Graveside services will be 12 Noon Saturday, February 22nd at Lakeview Cemetery in Winters, TX with Colquitt Nash and David Mickey officiating. The family will receive friends at Winters Funeral Home in Winters Texas from 10 am until 12 noon Saturday.