Deborah Anne Outten Fisk

Mr. Robert Emerson Heath, 73, passed away on January 31, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his late wife of 29 years, Carrie Annette Heath and his father William Parham Heath Sr.

Robert is survived by his son Kerwin Emerson Heath of Fayetteville; his daughter Jan Cheyenne Redfern of Hawaii; mother, Virginia Heath of Hampton VA; stepdaughter Joanna McMurtray of Fayetteville; four grandchildren, Sienna, Elizabeth, John Robert, and Payton; brother William P. Heath Jr. and wife Pat of Wiliamsburg; niece Shannon Levister, husband Matt, and their children Ashley and Nathan of Yorktown, VA; nephew Bill Heath III, wife Nicole, and their daughter Audrey of Ohio; brother in law Eddie Zawisha, wife Robin, and their children Trey and Shane of Fayetteville; his soon-to-arrive great grand-daughter Aryelle Annette Grim;  and several cousins and other family members.

Robert graduated from Kecoughton High School in Hampton, VA in 1966. He went on to attend Campbell College graduating in 1970.  Robert was an avid baseball player both in high school and college. He sold insurance for over 40 years, working until his retirement in December of 2009.

A visitation will be held at Rogers & Breece Funeral Home from 11:45 to 12:45, Saturday, February 6, 2021. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM in Rogers & Breece Chapel with Rev. Nick Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Cross Creek Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to FAPS of Fayetteville.

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Thank you Tommy, I posted your notes on his page.  I hope you are doing well.  

Happy Holidays,

Debbie

It took me a little time to post this.  Perhaps because if I don't say it, it won't be true.  I feel like I lost a true friend last month.  Talented, intelligent, he had it all.  And he did not have to put others down to build himslelf up.  They called him a true waterman, I called him my friend.  Back in our school days and the last time we enjoyed a meal together.   As someone said about him "Don lived a life most mortal men aspire to live".....

Debbie Outten Fisk

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Posted on: Sep 30, 2015 at 10:24 PM

Thanks for the update on the reunion plans and the warning of potential effects of bad weather.

Posted on: Aug 25, 2015 at 4:08 PM

Hey Curtis. Sorry to hear that you are not going to be able to come to the reunion. However, so happy to know that you have a previous commitment, so many of our classmates have health issues preventing them from traveling.

Since you were a resident of Metairie for so long, just asking if you ever ran into any of the Romaguera's. They are photographers and their school clients are heavily entrenched in the Catholic Community. Ralph, Sr. has four grown children, two boys and two girls. Ralph, Jr., Ryan as well as one son-in-law work in the business with him. I know they were hard hit hard by Katrina, but with hard work and determination they are rolling once again.

We visit there several times a year because we are all involved in photography and NOLA is just so much fun. Ralph is a member of the Krewe of Carrollton and we try to make that parade as well as St. Patrick's Day parties every year. Those are great times to be in New Orleans, let's face it, any time is great in NOLA.

Happy to hear about you and your family, stay in touch, Debbie

Posted on: Aug 25, 2015 at 3:49 PM

I received a nice note from Glen this morning that I wanted to share with everyone. Looks like he will not be able to make the reunion because "BABY ON THE WAY"

"Just wanted to let you know my wife Alida and I have a new baby coming in February!!! We have at home right now Joshus 13, Selma 11, Christiana 11 and Abel 7. Our two older girls Mary with three and Tessa with 2, are on the west coast building their own families"

I received this nice email correspondence from Tom today. I wanted to share his thoughts about our upcoming reunion as well as what he has been doing since high school.

"I went by Tom Cline through my years at KHS but since then have been known as Tom Stroup. I was active at KHS in drama and the chess club. I was married to Louise Roehn for 13 years, but that didn't work out although we remain friends here locally. I've been married for 26 years to Angela Pane, a nurse, professor, artist, writer, dancer, mother/grandmother, psychic, who has also greatly enriched my life.

I retired as a high school and community college English teacher here locally after 37 years. I sponsored groups in theater, chess, debate, forensics, literary magazine, sophomore and junior class, and taught electives such as creative writing, mythology, public speaking, and cinema. I simply continued doing many of my interests from KHS, but I didn't get to follow more of them then because I had a job after school each day. I moved out on my own at 18 and have supported myself ever since, aided, of course, by my wives.

I attended our 20th reunion in '88 and have fond memories of it.

I will not be attending our reunion this year due to travel plans and other commitments.

I wish you all well and look forward to reading about the reunion from those attending.

I thank all of you helping to organize and run this event, and I especially thank Debbie Outten for her continuing, outstanding service in maintaining this web site for us all.

Judith Patricia Dupre Paranuk

I am very sad to hear of Mr. Szetela's passing. Thank you Debbie for letting us know. I had not seen it in our obituaries. I will try to make the funeral on Friday.

He was a grumpy old bear many of the times I saw him in the halls or in the office (I guess we did drive him crazy!!), but he did have a good heart. He certainly brought to mind many good memories of my KHS days.

I remember him tearing up in the gym, when our class president died unexpectedly, and he had to make the announcement to all of us. I will never forget that day.

May you rest in peace Mr. Z....you will be missed by all of us who went to Kecoughtan.