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Howard Loyd, 90, died Friday, March 22, 2002, in Wheeler.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First Assembly of God Church in
Shamrock with the Rev. Z.A. Myers, pastor, the Rev. Earl Ustead of Wheeler
and Dr. Lyndol Loyd of Mountainside United Methodist Church of Hot Springs
Village, Ark., officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery by Wright
Funeral Home of Wheeler.

Mr. Loyd was born Sept. 9, 1911, to Walter Lee and Julia Wyatt Loyd in
Magazine, Ark. He served with the Army during World War II in Quarter
Master Corp. He married Margie Cole on Jan. 7, 1942, in Elk City, Okla.

He was employed by Warren Petroleum and Gulf Oil Co. as a pumper. He
was a member of Assembly of God Church and served on the board at First
Assembly of God Church in Shamrock and McLean. He moved to Shamrock
from McLean.

He was preceded in death by his wife on Dec. 30, 1990; a sister, Audrea Loyd
in 1925; and three brothers, Granville Loyd in 1983, Arnie Loyd in 1990; and
Lynn Loyd in 1981.

Survivors include two brothers, Gwen Loyd of Amarillo and Robert Lee Loyd
of Seattle; and three nephews, Lyndon Loyd of Wheeler, Ronald Loyd of
Tecumseh, Okla., and Junior Loyd of Choctaw, Okla.

The family suggests memorials be to First Assembly of God Church of
Shamrock.

The body will be available for viewing from noon to 8 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 23, 2002