His first marriage is unknown; it ended in divorce on 3 May 1974.
He married Linda Darnell (Bullins) Kiser on 8 Jun 1975 in Randolph County, North Carolina.[4] This was the second marriage for both of them. They had one more child together- Bobby Nance, in addition to another child from her first marriage.
His obituary was published in The Courier-Tribune on 16 Aug 2013[5] and The Randolph Guide on 27 Aug 2013[6]:
Robert Lee Nance, Jr., age 71, of Asheboro died Friday, August 16, 2013 at the Randolph Hospice House.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 18, 2013 from 3:00-4:00 PM at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. Funeral services will follow on Sunday at 4:00 PM at the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Clyde Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Guiding Light Baptist Church Cemetery in Robbins with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard.
Mr. Nance was a native of Randolph County and served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was retired, after 30 years of service, as a millwright with Union Carbide.
He is survived by his wife, Darnell Bullins Nance; mother, Virginia Fraley Nance of Asheboro; sons, Lee Kiser and his wife Michelle of Richmond, VA; Bobby Nance; grandchildren, Ashley and MaKenzie Kiser both of Richmond, VA; brothers, Sidney Nance and his wife Renee of Woodbridge, VA, David Nance and his wife Cathy of Asheboro; and sister, Doris Phillips and her husband Jimmy of Ramseur.
Memorials may be made to Guiding Light Baptist Church, c/o Wendy Nooe, 315 Smokehouse Lane, Robbins, NC 27325 or Hospice of Randolph, P.O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204-0009.
Sources
↑Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 September 2019), memorial page for Robert Lee Nance, Jr (17 Mar 1942–16 Aug 2013), Find A Grave Memorial no. 115575264, citing Guiding Light Baptist Church Cemetery, Robbins, Moore County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Polly Fry Hagerman (contributor 47161889).
↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQS-VJH : 8 December 2014), Robert Lee Nance Jr., 17 Mar 1942; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 29, p. 82, Randolph, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FN1-5HPZ : 4 March 2019), Robert Lee Nance, 17 Mar 1942; citing Birth, Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102484001.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP92-F92B : 28 November 2018), Robert Lee Nance and Darnell Bullins Kiser, 8 Jun 1975; citing Randolph, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ5-ZY2B : accessed 16 September 2019), Robert Lee Nance Jr, Asheboro, North Carolina, United States, 16 Aug 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Courier-Tribune, The, born-digital text.
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY4-8YSB : accessed 16 September 2019), Robert Lee Nance Jr, North Carolina, United States, 27 Aug 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Randolph Guide, The, born-digital text.
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