Roy, Mark Joseph; Avoyelles Parish, La.
Submitted by Houston Tracy, Jr., Alexandria, La.



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Obituary - Extracted from Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Saturday, 
August 7, 1993, P. D-3, Column 2 & 3.

Mark Joseph Roy, age 88, of Marksville (La.) died at 1:30 p.m. 
Wednesday, 4 Aug 1993 in his residence. He was a retired U.S. 
Air Force colonel, retired as vice-president of Jefferson-Lake 
Sulphur Company, past chairman of the New Orleans Chamber of 
Commerce, Armed Services Committee and of the N.O. Propeller 
Club and past president of the Avoyelles Port Commission.  He 
was a member of the Knights of Columbus and Avoyelles Cattleman 
Association.  A charter member of the Krewe of Louisiana Mardi 
Gras Ball Association in Washington, D.C.  He was a retired 
lobbyist for the Louisiana State Association of Optometry and 
a graduate of Springhill College in Mobile, Ala.  Survivors:  
Wife, Jane Gillespie Roy of Marksville.  Son, Dr. Mark J. Roy 
Jr. of Thibodaux (La.).  4 Sisters:  Sylvia Michel, Ida Germillion
& Cecil Gray, all of Marksville; and Marcel Howuse (sic) of 
Houston, Texas.;   4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.  
Services:  Will be at 11 a.m. today in St. Joseph's Catholic 
Church with the Revs. Jim Ferguson and Stephen S. Chemino 
officiating.  Burial:  In Alexandria National Cemetery, 
Pineville, under direction of Hixson Bros. (Funeral Home), 
Marksville.