Obit of Rudd, Roy Elgin - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 29 May 2005 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Rudd Kelly Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1174 Roy Elgin Rudd Funeral services for Roy Elgin Rudd, 77, of Davis were Feb. 16 at First Baptist Church. The Rev. James Densman officiated, and burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Rudd was born May 6, 1927, at Kingston to Roy Sr. and May (Kelly) Rudd and died Feb. 14, 2005. He moved to Davis at an early age, and at 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with honor as a sergeant in World War II. He and Virginia Lumpkin were married July 3, 1948, and together graduated from Davis High School with the class of 1949. He was a salesman in the Oklahoma City area for 38 years. His customers loved and admired him for his Christian witness, honesty, loyalty, dependability and wonderful sense of humor. In 1994, he returned to Davis, and he served as a deacon at the First Baptist Church. He taught the 2- and 3-year-old Sunday school class for many years. He is survived by his wife of the home; four children, Michael Rudd of Colorado Springs, Colo., John Rudd of Davis, Stephen Rudd of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Deborah Burrows of Oklahoma City; a sister, Edith Bailey Fish of Davis, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Jay, Norman and Sam Selvidge, and a sister, Wilma Jean. Pallbearers were Buck Wilson, Jerry White, Buddy Jones, Gene Cravatt, Bill Bailey and Bob Bailey. First Baptist Church deacons were honorary pallbearers. Krien Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html