Bob Humphreys

Today at 2 PM, I have a funeral to attend.  Robert L. Humphreys 1934-2019, a dear friend at church passed away this week.  He was 85 years old and had been a pastor/missionary for many years.  Brother Bob had a great personality and was loved by everyone that he came into contact with.  He had a New York Yankees baseball hat he wore everywhere.  When asked about the hat, he would tell the story of Micky Mantle and Bobby Richardson, two famous Yankee ball players.  Theirs was an unusual friendship.  Micky Mantle was a hard-living, hard-drinking superhero and Bobby Richardson was a clean-living homebody church-goer.  After liver failure, a transplant, and liver cancer, Bobby visited Mickey in the hospital, once again sharing Bible verses with him.  Mickey Mantle trusted Christ as his Savior only days before his death in 1995.  “Thank you, Brother Bob, for always sharing the Mickey Mantle salvation story with everyone that you came in contact with.  Thank you for the great example that you were.  Enjoy your heavenly reward.”