Robert Gardner
Posted: April 1, 2017
COLUMBUS — Robert Lee “RL” Gardner, 74, died March 27, 2017. Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at Southside MB Church with the Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr. officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Gardens. Visitation was from 3-8 p.m. Friday at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Carter’s Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Gardner was born Nov. 9, 1942, to the late Robert Lee Gardner Sr. and Lula Bell Dillard. He was previously employed with Omnova Solutions. He was a member of Southside MB Church. He owned and operated 4th Street Mini Mart and Gardner’s Roofing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Felix Dillard, Eddie Lee Williams, Lucas Dillard and Lula Mae Sturdivant. He is survived by his wife, Gretta Gardner of Columbus; children, Keith Gardner of Nettleton, Amanda Stanton, Brandy Gardner and Roderick Sanders, all of Columbus; siblings, Mary Pryor, Otis Gardner, Alether Thompson of Columbus and Ruth Smith of Chicago, Illinois; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.