Dr. Robert Eugene Bourlier, age 63, of Butner, N.C., died Thursday, October 3, 2019, following 27 years battling MS (multiple sclerosis).

He was born in Albuquerque, N.M., on July 16, 1956, to parents Bobby Gene and Marilyn Geraldine Bourlier.

Bourlier is survived by his wife, Victoria Bourlier of Destin, Fla.; sons Justin Andrew Bourlier of Wilmington, N.C., and Victor Rayne Bourlier of Destin, Fla.; his father, Bobby Gene Bourlier and step-mother Loretta Jayne Bourlier of Norman.; sisters Marilyn Jean McAuliffe and Gina Kay Harmon of Norman, Lora Dawn Bourlier of Oklahoma City and son Gary Michael Bourlier of Oklahoma City.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Marilyn Geraldine Bourlier; and his grandparents, Florence and Cressley Bourlier of Thomas and Eva and Clayton Lorah of Chattanooga.