Robert Rainey Pugh, 85, of Owensboro died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, at Owensboro Medical Health System, with his family at his bedside. He was born July 27, 1924, in Ashland to the late Marvin Pugh and Mae Clark Pugh. He had been a licensed real estate broker since 1951 and retired from the Corps of Army Engineers in Huntington, W.Va., real estate district, where he was an appraiser. He was a member of Owensboro Christian Church. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Martha Pugh and Kathryn Caron.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Janice Higgs Pugh; a son, Robert Pugh Jr. of Owensboro; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Pat McCarty and Lee Ann and Dean Edmonson, both of Utica; four grandchildren, Derek Kindle and Chad Kindle, Joshua Edmonson and Marley Edmonson; two great-grandchildren; a half-brother, George Pugh of Richmond, Va.; and a nephew, Robert Caron of Houston.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at James H. Davis Funeral Home and Crematory. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Monday at the funeral home. Online messages of condolence may be made at www.davisfuneralhome.com.