Mr. Robert Jay McCathern

October 22, 1954 - November 22, 2013

Lebanon, TN Robert Jay McCathern was born on October 22, 1954 in Lebanon, Tennessee. He departed this life on Friday, November 22 at Quality Healthcare. Robert attended the Wilson County Public School System. He professed a hope in Christ at an early age and accepted Christ under the pastoral leadership of Rev. John H. Garnett. Robert was united in holy matrimony to Claudine Gaines on October 16, 1981. He was preceded in death by his mother, Eliza Mai McCathern; father, Bennie Frank McCathern, Sr.; three brothers, Anthony Ward, Jerry Wayne and Jimmy Lee McCathern. Leaving to mourn his passing, Claudine Gaines McCathern of Nashville, Tennessee; one aunt, Lucile Johnson of Nashville, Tennessee; one uncle, Herman (Kim) McCathern of Lebanon, Tennessee; seven sisters, Vera Branch, Pearl, Robbie and Freddie McCathern, Billie A. (Gene) Stewart, Jennifer D. (Hollis) Bradley, all of Lebanon, Tennessee and Linda A. (Rev. Eric ) Brown of Montgomery, Alabama; two brothers, Bennie F. (Pauline) McCathern, Harold (Regina) McCathern of Lebanon, Tennessee; one sister-in-law, Peggy Ward of Hartsville, Tennessee; one devoted friend, Fannie Ward of Lebanon, Tennessee, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.