Bobby Doyle Lawrence, 79, of Hermitage, retired Metro police detective, dies; service date not yet set
The Hermitage resident served 24 years with Metro police; the notice says a memorial service date is to come.
NASHVILLE - Bobby Doyle Lawrence of Hermitage died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at age 79, according to a notice from Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park. Lawrence was born April 18, 1947, in Lebanon, Tennessee, and graduated from Central High School in Nashville in 1965. The notice says he served 24 years with the Metro Nashville Police Department, as a patrol officer and homicide detective, from 1971 until he retired in 1995.
The notice lists his wife, Charlene, along with children, grandchildren, a brother and a sister. It says a memorial service will be held at the Nashville funeral home at a future date, with details to come; no service is scheduled at this time. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue or another animal rescue. The notice does not state a cause of death.
Source: Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park notice (Dignity Memorial), https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/bobby-lawrence-13058225