Celebrating the Life of Rob Dempsey
Family & friends said goodbye to His Radio/Greenville station manager morning host Rob Dempsey today. A Celebration of Life was held at Brookwood Church in Simpsonville, SC this morning.
Speakers at the celebration included Radio Training Network Founder Jim Campbell, His Radio/Greenville PD Lizz Ryals, & His Radio Greenville GM Allen Henderson.
“Rob was an absolute dynamo when it came to serving Jesus Christ. A couple of years ago, we were talking. He said that you know, I never had a dad. I think I’m gonna call you my dad. And he said, is that all right?
I said, sure it is. It’s great. I loved it.
And from then on, when we hung up, I’d say, son, how you doing? Because that’s how much I love that guy,” Jim Campbell.
Lizz Ryals, “I got a message from a friend of mine the day we announced Rob’s passing, and he said, words this morning on the show about Rob growing up without a father, and now being in front of his perfect father were very moving. He said, as a kid, he also had grown up without a dad, and turning 40 years old this year was especially hard for some reason. He said, I’ve struggled with that fact more this year, mainly because I wished my kids had a present grandfather. He said I blamed God for that secretly for a long time, and it grew into a quiet bitterness. But when you all said that Rob is with his father God, it brought me to tears, and it was as though the presence of God as a father was in my car. That is the picture I cannot get out of my head. That hole you may feel now because of an absent parent, know that your father in heaven is there for you. He will never leave you. He fully knows you, and he fully loves you, and I can picture Rob running out of that grave at his father, his perfect father, who fully knows him and fully loves him.”
Recently Rob passed away last Wednesday evening after a short battle with bladder cancer.
In a 2014 HisAir Interview Rob told HisAir, “My start in radio began as a homeless teenager, addicted to drugs and alcohol. A youth pastor who reached out to me during this time introduced me to WCIE in Lakeland, Fl. One night while leaving a bar WCIE was on the radio. I had given up on life. Dave Stewart reached out over the radio. It was as if he was speaking to me. “God loves you” he said “He will never leave you nor forsake you.” He prayed the sinner’s prayer and at that moment I rededicated my life to Christ. Then I prayed another prayer. “God, I want to do what that guy on the radio is doing.”
In April this year Rob celebrated over 35 years at Radio Training Network and 24 years at His Radio/Greenville.
Watch the celebration of Rob’s life HERE.
1 Thess 4:13 – And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
