MTSU professor Bob Womack, 86, died on Saturday of congestive heart failure. "Dr. Bob," as he was lovingly called, taught educational courses for 53 years at MTSU.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, the Flat Creek native moved to Murfreesboro where he started his lifelong career as a Blue Raider.
Bob Womack is preceded in death by his parents, David and Georgia Womack, his wife, Elizabeth Womack, brothers, Price, Paul and Ben Womack, sisters, Helen Womack and Sara Womack.
He is survived by his sons, former state Sen. Andy (Cherry) Womack and Ricky Womack; daughters, Lara (Steve) Daniel and Lynn Womack; grandsons David (Cheryl) Womack, Jackson Short and Samuel Short; granddaughters Dana Womack, Marguerite (Rob) Sims, Sara Womack and Meaghan Daniel; and great-grandchildren Molly Womack, Mason Womack, Riley Sims and Emery Sims.
Bob Womack, who began attending MTSU as a student in 1941, was hired to teach at the university in 1957. Most of Bob Womack's siblings, all of his children, and one grandchild have attended MTSU; including Lara Daniel, an MTSU business law professor.
"The main thing, he was a great father to me," said Andy Womack, in an interview with The Tennessean. "What I will miss is his counsel and example as a father."
He was a member of the prestigious Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Hall of Fame, and was the only professor from a university or college to be inducted into the Tennessee Teacher Hall of Fame.
In honor of the Womack legacy at MTSU, the Curriculum Collection in the James E. Walker Library is dedicated to Bob Womack and his wife, Elizabeth. The department of educational leadership has also been renamed as the Womack family educational leadership department.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the MTSU Foundation for the Womack Family Endowment.
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