Robert “Rob” Vandall IV
Feb. 29, 1972 · Aug. 30, 2026
This one’s for my big brother, Rob.
Rob was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the Vandall family hometown, and grew up a Brookville kid, class of ’90. He went right into the Navy and spent six years as a fire controlman, then put in close to 30 years with United Airlines, first in Columbus and then on the ramp in Orlando once Florida got its hooks in him in 2015.
He was born on leap day, so he only got a real birthday every four years. Thirteen of them. We got fifty-four years of him, and that wasn’t near enough.
He loved to laugh, and he loved to curse (at work only… and sometimes, well…). Danzig, NASCAR, drums, seafoam green and black, and a concert ticket whenever he could swing one. His calendar read like a record collection: D.R.I., Life of Agony, Drivin N Cryin, the Black Crowes, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, DEVO.
I stole my first Ice Cube tape from him, and that set me up for a lifetime of Ice Cube, Mack 10, Westside Connection, N.W.A and questioning authority. He’s the reason for 80% of anything cool about me, and he left me nothing but good memories.
Rob was the son of Robert “Bob” Vandall III and Janet Sue. He leaves his kids, Erica Costa (Waggoner), Oscar and Charlotte; his former wife, Missy Waggoner; his sister, Ruth Renee Swigart, her husband, Kevin Swigart Jr., and their daughter, Autumn; me; his aunts Joyce Halsey Erickson, Joan Engel, Elizabeth Vandall, Jerri Hartsock and Susan Vandall Clark; his nieces Madison Shaw and Chelsey Dietz; his nephew Carter White; his cousins Jason Erickson, Noah Aliff, Paula Clark White and Angela Engel; and a whole lot of people who’ll be retelling his stories for years.
We were gonna have so much fun getting old. We were almost there, man.
His little brother, and everyone at The Despoiler
Beckley, West Virginia
The family graciously invites you to celebrate Rob’s life in Beckley, West Virginia, the Vandall family hometown where Rob was born. Details are on the Facebook event.
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Through the years
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Young Rob and the Navy
Family
Good times
On the job
Later years
Rob’s rotation
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From Rob’s own playlists
“This is the stuff”
212 songs · “This is me and Me is this”
“Vandall4”
5 songs
“KRV4”
1,116 songs
“WRV4”
82 songs
“90RV4”
57 songs
“Cruisin Brookville”
465 songs
More of Rob’s playlists (80)
“WannaCover”
4 songs
“50 year old mood”
26 songs
“D.R.I. Setlist”
31 songs
“Drivin N Cryin”
17 songs
“HOH”
790 songs
“MyHOH”
538 songs
“Easy Work”
519 songs
“Stores”
439 songs
“Big 4 plus”
329 songs
“July 2023”
365 songs
“Motivation”
281 songs
“Dat Bass dough”
246 songs
“120 Minuhhhhhhhts”
149 songs
“growed up”
168 songs
“Road trip 4/21”
165 songs
“Nu wav”
135 songs
“Sep 24 2023”
125 songs
“chill”
115 songs
“Singles”
98 songs
“Groovin”
97 songs
“Boogie Nights”
14 songs
“Alt stores 8 10”
80 songs
“Stores Alt”
75 songs
“chix”
70 songs
“post post punk”
65 songs
“Punk-ish 😳”
52 songs
“Larry’s list 1972”
53 songs
“old jams”
43 songs
“Roots not boots”
32 songs
“FP/LAG/TKB”
33 songs
“Winners 1979”
19 songs
“Sing it”
20 songs
“Wednesday jamz”
20 songs
“Push It”
26 songs
“Thrashin”
22 songs
“Powertrip”
19 songs · “When We Cut, We Bleed.”
“HOB MSY”
22 songs
“2/8 Alice Cooper”
23 songs
“Soul Asylum 11/17”
19 songs
“Melvins show”
6 songs
“Time machine”
6 songs
“Moooooody”
14 songs
“Sad Bastard”
12 songs
“Kinghorse”
14 songs
“Elvis Hitler - Disgraceland”
13 songs
“7/25 RV4”
15 songs
“9/8”
17 songs
“Word Fool”
7 songs
“Dime Time”
10 songs
“Radkey”
9 songs
“God of Thunder”
12 songs
“Maiden”
9 songs
“W.A.S.P.”
13 songs
“Tommy Bolin”
11 songs
“Johnny Crash”
11 songs
“JJ Tampa”
11 songs
“Bagroom 7/2”
1 song
“Updated work”
5 songs
“RON clean”
7 songs
“Alt work”
7 songs
“9/3 Work”
35 songs
“4/3 Work”
9 songs
“Stores Alt”
3 songs
“Cult 4/23”
4 songs
“Dec22”
5 songs
“Bring Me To Life”
3 songs
“jammin 2020”
3 songs
“Tv themes”
3 songs
“Die To Live”
2 songs
“Dragonaut”
2 songs
“Branches / Bones”
2 songs
“FEB 24”
2 songs
“Powerman 5000 – When Worlds Collide (Re-Recorded)”
1 song
“Ain’t Like You (Wasted Youth II)”
1 song
“I Love It Loud - Injected Mix”
1 song
“REBEL YELL”
1 song
“Cars - Remix”
1 song
“Not miserable”
1 song
“60s finds”
1 song
“Flashback”
1 song
▶ Tune in to Rob Radio Listen to Rob’s own Spotify →
- Danzig · “Am I Demon”
- Danzig · “Twist of Cain”
- Ice Cube · “When Will They Shoot?”
- D.R.I.
- Life of Agony
- DEVO
- Drivin N Cryin
- The Black Crowes
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