Bobby J. (Staples) Zimmerman

Bobby J. (Staples) Zimmerman, a beloved mother, sister and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Bee County on February 12, 2025, just one day after celebrating her 75th birthday.

Bobby was born February 11, 1950, in Beeville, Texas to Walter Edward Staples Sr. and Lois Lucille (Gilbert) Staples. She married Chester "Don" Zimmerman in Rockport on December 23, 1977. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lois and Walter Staples Sr.; and her husband, Don Zimmerman.

Survivors include two daughters, Melissa Brader (Jeremy) Anderson of Beeville and Tanna K. (Billy) Strong of Tennessee; as well as her six grandchildren, Cody Morales of Rockport, Emily Morales (Mike Eyeington) of Palacios, Alex (Emma) Dowd of Killeen, Brittany (Chris) Thompson of North Carolina, Baily (Jaime) Williams of North Carolina and Tabitha Strong of Tennessee; seven great-grandchildren, Lucy Jo, Braidyn, Jackson, Mason, Oliver, Natalie and Chellie; and siblings, Shirley Lee, Norma Stephenson, Walter E. Staples Jr. and Wanda Huth.