More detail on this person: Lt. Col. USMC (Ret.) Robert Thornton "Bobby T." Ladd, 87, of Franklin, passed away on Feb. 20, 2019. A native of Franklin, Mr. Ladd graduated from Austin Peay State University and received his master's degree from Pepperdine University. He was a gifted athlete, excelling in baseball and football, and proudly served in the Marine Corps for 26 years as a naval aviator. He flew jets off of aircraft carriers while serving overseas, and he flew helicopters while serving two tours of duty during the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" in combat operations. He received 16 Air Medal awards for singular meritorious acts in sustained aerial flight operations and was also awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Vietnamese Service Medal with three Campaign Stars and the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 50 years, Dorothy Dugger Ladd, and parents, William and Stella Smithson Ladd. He's survived by son, Dr. Steve (and wife Marcy) Ladd; daughter, Dr. Patti (and husband Tom) Giddens; grandchildren, Carl (Ashley), Robert (Stacey), Dr. Stephen (Kelli) and Claire Ladd and Katherine Giddens; and great-grandchildren, Liam, Luke, Colton, Blakely and Nora Ladd. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Rev. Lynn Hill and Rev. Bryan Brooks officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery with full military honors, and visitation will be 4-8 p.m. on Friday and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Active pallbearers will be Steve Ladd, Tom Giddens, Carl, Robert and Stephen Ladd, Bob Bowen, Larry Rockovich and Steve Hubb. Honorary pallbearers will be the Horace Edgmon Sunday School Class, Hendricks Fox, Glen Wakefield, Col. R.D.Taylor, Lou Odom and Crockett Raines. Memorials may be made to the Bobby Ladd Football Endowment Scholarship Fund at Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4417, Clarksville, TN 37044; First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 120 Aldersgate Way, Franklin, TN 37069; or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Burial information: Mt. Hope Cemetery
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