Robert Kenneth Gillispie, age 83, of Temple Hills, Maryland, died Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland.

He was born February 20, 1923, in Green Bank, the son of Laura and Clyde Gillispie.

Robert served as a navigator in the Air Force during World War II.ﾠ He went on to work for more thanﾠ 30 years as a con-tracting officer for the Air Force.

Surviving him are his wife, Doris Simmons Gillispie, of Frank, two children, Michael Gillispie,ﾠ ofﾠﾠ Alexandria, Virginia, and Denise Gillette, of Golden, Colorado, and three grandchildren.

Visitation was at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale.

Funeral service was held Saturday at noon in the Arbovale United Methodist Church by the Rev. Julian Rittenshouse.ﾠ Burial followed in the Arbovale Cemetery.