I was in a cave with Bob Handley only a couple of years
ago. He was at a cave gating project and led a group into the cave
to see petroglyphs near the entrance. He was still very excited
about caving, but he was physically no longer able to do much. His
health took a turn for the worst last fall, and he missed many of the
caver social functions he would normally have attended. His status
in WVACS (West Virginia Association for Cave Studies) is legendary.
Mark Minton
At 11:47 PM 1/15/2011, Gill Edigar wrote:
From: Bill Balfour
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:57 PM
To: West Virginia Association for Cave Studies ; [email protected]
; Dave Scott ; chuck frostick
Subject: |wvacs| Bob Handley
Bob died in his sleep yesterday evening. From what I understand he
will be cremated and his ashes will be scattered on his property.
There will probably be a memorial service sometime this spring.
That's about all I know for now.
--Bill
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A few Texas cavers will remember Bob Handley. His caving career
extends back to the 1940's and ended just recently. He was an active
participant in the C-3 Expedition in parts of what is now the Mammoth
system the 1950's. I was fortunate to cave with Bob in Simmons Mingo
cave several times in the early '70s. He was a natural. I've seen him
many times since at OTRs and NSS Conventions and other caver
gatherings and he always called my by name and seemed really glad to
see me. I consider it an honor to have caved with Bob and to have been
counted amongst his friends ever since. Bob was about 81 or 82 and has
probably been in more caves than any other caver I know of.
--Ediger
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