Memorial services for Robert James Geiger, Jr., of Richmond, Texas, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, in the chapel at Christ Church, Sugar Land, Texas. Bob went to his Heavenly home on December 17, 2017, at 68 years old.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 26, 1949, Bob lived a very full life and one that was of service to others. He grew up in the Nashville area, and graduated from Isaac Litton High School.
After graduating from high school, Bob served in the US Army and Special Forces, completing two tours in Vietnam, followed by flying for the Tennessee Air National Guard. As a life-long student while working, Bob earned multiple degrees including a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Erskine Theological Seminary, and was ordained as a minister in 1987. He served as minister and pastor for churches in Tennessee, served as a chaplain and later in life, an interim minister. Additionally, during his life he had positions in sales, built houses, co-owned a pharmacy, and owned a mortgage company.


Bob loved people,life,and music. During his high school years, Bob traveled and performed with the musical show "Up With People", whose mission is to inspire young people to make a difference in the world. As part of his ministry, Bob sang and played Christian music with multiple groups and had a syndicated gospel radio show as Brother Bob and the Sounds of Glory.

Most recently, Bob conducted family mediation and trained mediators through the Institute for Mediation, primarily in Houston, Fort Bend County and Bexar County, Texas.


He is survived by his wife, Tracie Zimmerman of Richmond, Texas, sister and brother-in-law, Beverly and John Meece of Hendersonville, Tennessee, brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Connie Geiger of Hendersonville, Tennessee, nephew and niece and great-nephew, Jim, Jennifer and Daniel of Tennessee, and mother-in-law, Nancy Shelley of Hobbs, NM. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert Geiger, Sr. and Martha Jane Geiger, of the greater Nashville area.

Condolence messages may be written for the Geiger family at www.garmanycarden.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671.