Robert Carrol Cannon

Funeral Services for Mr. Robert Carrol Cannon, 79, of Jefferson, TX, will be held at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, January 24, 2021, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA, with Rev. Bill Thrasher officiating. Interment will follow in Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe, LA.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., Saturday, January 23, 2021, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA.

Robert Carrol Cannon was born September 10, 1941, in Monroe, LA, and passed away January 19, 2021, in Baton Rouge, LA. He graduated from West Monroe High School in 1959, and he never lost his enthusiasm for cheering on the Rebels. Robert received a football scholarship to Northwestern University and graduated from there with a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Arts. After college, he served in the United States Navy and was proud to serve his country. He was a salesman all of his life and took his family to many different states for work.

Robert was a larger-than-life man. He had a quick wit and personality like no other, to know him was to love him. He could walk in a room and immediately light it up with his personality and good looks. He was as beautiful on the inside as he was on the outside. He was the best of the best when it came to being a father. Robert enjoyed being the life of the party. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed offshore fishing trips with his buddies. Cooking for others was his true passion and he was known as “Gumbo-1” on his license plate, and as “Chef Roc” when he would cater for large gatherings.

Robert was preceded in death by his father, Robert C. Cannon; mother, Jewel Cannon Anderson; and stepdaughter, Stephanie Caldwell Tidwell.

Survivors include his daughter, Alicia Carol Bergeron (Kevin); two sons, Robert “Cameron” Cannon, and Edward “Corey” Cannon (Julie); grandsons, Chance Cannon Bergeron (Paige), Cody Shay Bergeron (Randa), and Gideon Owen Cannon; granddaughter, Cassidy Carolanne Bergeron (Wyatt); step grandson, Josh Simpkins; step granddaughter, Mandy Mayes Barrett (Jason); great grandchildren, Tinley Shay Bergeron and Zayn Thomas Bergeron; step great grandchildren, River Belle Barrett, Kennedy Leigh Barrett, and Topher Simpkins; and sister, Sandra Cannon Hubbard.

Pallbearers will be Kevin Bergeron, Chance Bergeron, Cody Bergeron, Heath Hendon, Buster Thrasher, and Russell Wilson.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Glen Ray Harrelson, Tom Twyford, and Freddie Hamel.