Bobby Wayne Nation

BOSSIER CITY, LA - Memorial services celebrating the life of Bobby Wayne Nation, 28, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015, in the chapel at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall St., Shreveport, LA, with Rev. Frank Gunn officiating. Bobby was born at Barksdale Air Force Base on June 20, 1986, to Merritt Wayne Nation and Carla Kaye Compton. He went to be with the Lord on April 13, 2015, after a lifelong battle with Diabetes. Bobby was born and raised in Bossier City, LA and graduated in 2004 from Parkway High School. He moved to Texas a few years ago for an opportunity to advance his career. He worked for Sprint Store Tech Ridge #0787 in Austin, TX, where he was the #1 Technical Consultant in his region. Shortly after moving to Texas, Bobby met and fell in love with Darlene Ellis. Bobby's hobbies included guitars, fast cars, movies, cartoons and designer labels. He had a love for music, his two favorite musicians being, Jimi Hendrix and John Mayer. He had an incredible sense of humor and could easily make a room full of people laugh. He is preceded in death by his "Papa", Bobby Gene Compton; great-grandparents, Carl and Marie Compton; great-grandmother, Georgia Moore and great-grandma, Pauline Webb. Those left to cherish Bobby's beautiful memory are his parents, whom he called "Mum" and "Pops"; his little brother, Michael "Mikey" Nation; his #1 texting buddy and favorite aunt, Sherri Clark; his favorite lil' cousin Missy "ma'am" Clark-Steele; uncles, Joe, Shawn, Tim, Richard and Daniel; aunts, Misty, Cassandra and Melissa; numerous cousins; his dog, Apple-Marie Nation; grandparents, Nancy Whiteman, Chris Sanders, Wayne Nation and his Grandmother, Janet Nation, whom in his passing gave her the gift of life with his donated kidney. She named her new kidney; Hendrix, in honor of Bobby's love of music. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jose Torres and Stephen Young, his two best friends since kindergarten; Micah Ellis, his friend from Austin, TX; and his manager/best friend, Dan Carr. Although Bobby will be truly loved and missed forever, a part of him still lives on in each of the six lives he saved by donating his organs.