Bobby L. Dobyns Obituary (1934 - 2017)

Bobby Leroy Dobyns, 82, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma stepped in to the gates of Heaven on Friday, May 5, 2017. He was born in Orange, California on June 5, 1934 to Walter and Ruth Jane Brown Dobyns. In early elementary, Bobby attended school in Arkansas where he walked across the creek on a foot log to get to school. Later in school his family moved to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma where he completed his education. Bobby joined the Marine Corp, where he fought in the Korean War. Bobby met his spouse, Ellen Louis Jones at VFW in Sapulpa, Oklahoma in 1956. They married later that year on October 13, 1956 at Allen Free Will Baptist Church, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Out of this union came their 5 children; Linda Sheryll, Jacquelyn Sue, Billy Leroy, Steven Mark and Bobby Allen. Bobby was a professional truck driver for over 40 years. He worked for LeeWay motor freight of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Northern Routes Freight line in Montana, then later they moved back to the Sand Springs, Oklahoma area, due to his mother's health at that time ending his driving profession with Stevenson Oil Company. Bobby ended his last life's career at Free Will Baptist Church, Sapulpa, Oklahoma in his favorite building on Monday, May 1st in which he worked until his departure into Heaven. Survivors include his wife Ellen Louise Jones Dobyns; two daughters, Linda Sheryll Boyer and husband Peter of Parkersburg, Iowa and Jacquelyn Sue Henley and husband Michael of Chelsea, Oklahoma; three sons, Billy Lee Roy Dobyns and wife Shawn of Logan, Montana, Steven Mark Dobyns and wife Sandy and Bobby Allen Dobyns of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bobby was proceeded in death by his parents; Walter and Ruth Dobyns; one brother, Clifford James Dobyns; one infant sister, Mary Lou Dobyns; one infant brother, William Earl Dobyns; beloved grandmother, Della Alice Wooten and great grandson David James Bellows. A Visitation Service is scheduled on Monday, May 8, 2017 from 12:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. at Dillon Marler Dighton Funeral Home's Legacy Chapel, 1200 North Cleveland, Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063. Family receiving friends Monday, May 8, 2017 from 6:00 PM till 8:00 PM at Dillon Marler Dighton Funeral Home's Legacy Chapel, 1200 North Cleveland, Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063 A Celebration of Life Service is scheduled on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. at the Allen Freewill Baptist Church, 7001 S Highway 97, Sapulpa, Oklahoma 74066 In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the building Allen Freewill Baptist Church Building Fund, 7001 S Highway 97, Sapulpa,Oklahoma 74066.