Roy Byrd

Memorial services will be 4:00 P.M. Sunday, September 1 at Brooks Chapel with John Rawlings, Rebecca Byrd, and Rev. Murray Travis, officiating. Roy was born February 12, 1922 to Roy Neal and Camilla Byrd. He married Katy Jean Black October 10, 1941. He grew up in Canyon, Texas and graduated from Canyon High School. After high school he attended New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell in the Class of 1942. He was a veteran of World War II. Roy was commissioned in 1944 and saw action in the Air Force serving as a bombardier in the Mediterranean Theater. He was a crew member on a B-24 bomber and was promoted to Captain. Roy was discharged in 1945. Roy was a graduate of West Texas State College in Canyon and San Francisco Theological Seminary. He was ordained at the First Presbyterian Church, Canyon, TX in 1959. He served churches in Nebraska, Texas, and Colorado. Roy was a voting member of the Chickasaw Tribe located in Oklahoma and an honored elder. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and his sons, John and George. Roy is survived by his sons, Roy and wife, Jackie, of Park City, UT, Jeffrey and wife, Kris, of Killeen, TX; and daughter, Rebecca, of Happy, TX; eight grandchildren living in Washington, Nebraska, Illinois, Utah, and South Carolina; and numerous great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be to Dreamland Cemetery, PO Box 38, Canyon, TX 79015.