Obit of Eldred, Roger William "Rowdy" - Garvin County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 23 Nov 2008 Return to Garvin County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garvin/garvin.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Dolberg Cemetery--Roff OK Surnames: Eldred Lawson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1641 Roger William "Rowdy" Eldred Services for Roger William "Rowdy" Eldred, 61, Wynnewood, were held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 28 at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Sulphur with Dr. Brad Ransom officiating. Interment was in Dolberg Cemetery in Roff with Krien Funeral Home of Davis in charge of arrangements. Born August 6, 1945 in Loraine, Texas to W. R. and Pauline (Lawson) Eldred, he died Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Pauls Valley. At the age of six, he moved to Sulphur where he grew up and attended school. He was a self-employed mason and worked all over the United States. He was also an excellent carpenter and liked to build. He was in the Oklahoma Army National Guard for 20 years and attended the First Free Will Baptist Church of Sulphur. He enjoyed coon hunting, fishing, cookouts and special holidays with his children and grandchildren. He married Nancy Jean (Blair) Eldred on February 10, 1994 in Sulphur. He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Sherry Eldred, Earline Sullivan, Janie Caldwell and Linda Harmon. Surviving are his wife, Nancy, of the home; two sons, Ronnie White, Wynnewood and Brian White and wife, Tonya, Norman; two daughters, Angela Harvey and husband, Eric, Sulphur and Shannon Sawyer and husband, Shawn, Sayre; four brothers, W. R. Eldred and wife, Oleta, Lindsay, Ernest Eldred and wife, Brenda, Eufaula, Bill Eldred and wife, Becky, Ardmore and Vernon Eldred and wife, Linda, Lake Port, Calif.; eight sisters, Velta "Tooter" Courtney and husband, Kenneth, Roff, Dean Wells and husband, Paul, Hickory, Gladys Mildred Eldred, Mannsville, Leota "Dovie" Villagomiz, Lindsay, Mary Coffin and husband, Steve, Palonia, Calif., Betty Bernard and husband, Paskel, Daysland, Calif., Ann Sharp and husband, Clyde, Elko, Nev. and Tracy Bruno, Santa Rosa, Calif. and nine grandchildren. Pallbearers were Terry Woodell, Dewayne Leming, Glen Leming, Jerry Payne, Jacky Harrison and Don Payne. Honorary bearers were Tom Dilbeck, Larry Sloan, Brad Eldred, Darryl Payne, Tom Payne and Donald Day. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Garvin County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garvin/garvin.html