Robert B. Middleton, Jr.

A service to celebrate the life of MSgt. (Ret.) Robert Brice Middleton, Jr., USAF Reserve, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, LA. Nephew Rick Middleton will officiate, with burial to follow at Weaver Cemetery in Flora, LA. The family will hold visitation from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at Blanchard St.-Denis Funeral Home. Robert is survived by his wife of 63 years Martha LaVerne (Ryland) Middleton; son Robert B. Middleton and his wife Daina of Alta, WY; daughter Lynne (Middleton) Sepulvado and her husband Joe of Leavenworth, KS; grandchildren MAJ Walter J. Sepulvado, Jr. (Joey), Stacy L. (Sepulvado) Kent of Lansing, KS, Brett Middleton of Virginia Beach, VA, Mesa (Middleton) Stevens, and Kenyon Middleton of Alta, ID; and eight great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents Robert and Ella (Booty) Middleton; brothers Elton and Kenneth Middleton, and sister Claudine (Middleton) LaCaze. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include MAJ Joey Sepulvado, Brett Middleton, David Sparks, 1LT Daniel Kent, Hugh Gentry, Joe Sepulvado, and Honorary pallbearer, Harold Oldham. The family extends sincerest thanks to all caregivers, friends, and family for their selfless acts of kindness and support. Robert was born July 26, 1929, to Robert B. and Ella (Booty) Middleton in Marthaville, LA. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1957, including a two-year tour of duty in the Korean War. He then worked for the Louisiana Department of Labor until 1984 while continuing to serve in the U.S. Air Force Reserve until 1989, totaling nearly 39 years of military service. Robert was a longtime resident of Natchitoches, LA, before moving to Leavenworth, KS in 1998, to be near family. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Natchitoches, LA, and then Calvary Baptist in Leavenworth, KS. Robert passed away September 22, 2017, in his daughter’s home surrounded by people who loved him. He was 88 years old.