Fayette County

has lost one of its powerhouses, Robert James "Bob" Disharoon,

Jan. 13, 2001.

He died of

brain cancer after a short illness.

He had been

active in real estate and served as president of the Tri-City Realty &

Mortgage since 1962 and moved to Fayette County in 1972.

Active in his

church, the Kenwood Christian Church, he served as an elder and trustee

and was the building program supervisor as well as overseeing the landscaping.

He also was

active in the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, serving as its 14th

president in 1980. Two years prior, he received its coveted "Chet

Wells" award, given to those who go above and beyond in their service

to the chamber.

He was instrumental

in the chamber building its first home on North Jeff Davis Drive.

Disharoon served

on the boards of the Fayette County Board of Realtors, where he also had

served as president and on the board of trustees of Atlanta Christian

College. He had served as chairman of the Fayette County Development Authority,

chairman of the Fayette County Boy Scouts of America and was a director

of the Fayette County Youth Protection Home.

Born July 6,

1933 in Rossville, Ga., he joined the United States Army after high school

and served for four years in Germany as a radio operator. After service,

he returned to Georgia and worked for the city of Atlanta in the Engineering

Department.

His next venture

was to join Tri-City Realty.

The funeral

was Monday afternoon, Jan. 15, with interment at Camp Memorial Park, Fayetteville.

He leaves his

wife, Nell West Disharoon, Fayetteville; sons, David and Kit Gadd, Fayetteville,

Mike Disharoon, Riverdale, Jeff and Angie Disharoon, Brooks; daughters

Sheryl and David Brown, Cindy Lester, Kathy and David Murphy, all of Fayetteville,

and Joy and Richard Boone, Lawrenceville; a sister, Joyce Reich, Woodstock;

and a brother-in-law, Jim West, Jonesboro.

There are 11

grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.