Roy E. Barfield
Published January 24, 2007
Services for Roy Edward Barfield, 76, of Rogers, will be at 10 a.m. today in the Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple with minister Gene Greer officiating.
Private family burial will be in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barfield died Monday, Jan. 22, in a Temple hospital.
He was born in Temple to Albus Emmitt and Elsa Schmidt Barfield. He married Elizabeth Lawbon Barfield on June 24, 1950, and they lived in Temple most of their married life. When he retired, they built a home on their farm near Rogers. His education was in Temple except for courses in various trades such as air conditioning and boilers. As a child he worked in his parents? feed and grocery store.
During World War II, he worked for six different taxicab owners in various capacities. Next, he helped transport cars to Texas City after the massive explosions. He later worked as a short-order cook at the Goody-Goody drive-in caf?. He next worked as an apprentice plumber for Messer Plumbing Co. In 1952, Mr. Barfield was drafted into the Army and spent two years there ? at Fort Bliss and Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Memorials may be made to the Heidenheimer Church of Christ building improvement/benevolence fund, P.O. Box 177, Heidenheimer 76533.
Published January 24, 2007
Services for Roy Edward Barfield, 76, of Rogers, will be at 10 a.m. today in the Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple with minister Gene Greer officiating.
Private family burial will be in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barfield died Monday, Jan. 22, in a Temple hospital.
He was born in Temple to Albus Emmitt and Elsa Schmidt Barfield. He married Elizabeth Lawbon Barfield on June 24, 1950, and they lived in Temple most of their married life. When he retired, they built a home on their farm near Rogers. His education was in Temple except for courses in various trades such as air conditioning and boilers. As a child he worked in his parents? feed and grocery store.
During World War II, he worked for six different taxicab owners in various capacities. Next, he helped transport cars to Texas City after the massive explosions. He later worked as a short-order cook at the Goody-Goody drive-in caf?. He next worked as an apprentice plumber for Messer Plumbing Co. In 1952, Mr. Barfield was drafted into the Army and spent two years there ? at Fort Bliss and Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Memorials may be made to the Heidenheimer Church of Christ building improvement/benevolence fund, P.O. Box 177, Heidenheimer 76533.
Roy E. Barfield
Published January 24, 2007
Services for Roy Edward Barfield, 76, of Rogers, will be at 10 a.m. today in the Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple with minister Gene Greer officiating.
Private family burial will be in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barfield died Monday, Jan. 22, in a Temple hospital.
He was born in Temple to Albus Emmitt and Elsa Schmidt Barfield. He married Elizabeth Lawbon Barfield on June 24, 1950, and they lived in Temple most of their married life. When he retired, they built a home on their farm near Rogers. His education was in Temple except for courses in various trades such as air conditioning and boilers. As a child he worked in his parents? feed and grocery store.
During World War II, he worked for six different taxicab owners in various capacities. Next, he helped transport cars to Texas City after the massive explosions. He later worked as a short-order cook at the Goody-Goody drive-in caf?. He next worked as an apprentice plumber for Messer Plumbing Co. In 1952, Mr. Barfield was drafted into the Army and spent two years there ? at Fort Bliss and Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Memorials may be made to the Heidenheimer Church of Christ building improvement/benevolence fund, P.O. Box 177, Heidenheimer 76533.
Published January 24, 2007
Services for Roy Edward Barfield, 76, of Rogers, will be at 10 a.m. today in the Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple with minister Gene Greer officiating.
Private family burial will be in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Mr. Barfield died Monday, Jan. 22, in a Temple hospital.
He was born in Temple to Albus Emmitt and Elsa Schmidt Barfield. He married Elizabeth Lawbon Barfield on June 24, 1950, and they lived in Temple most of their married life. When he retired, they built a home on their farm near Rogers. His education was in Temple except for courses in various trades such as air conditioning and boilers. As a child he worked in his parents? feed and grocery store.
During World War II, he worked for six different taxicab owners in various capacities. Next, he helped transport cars to Texas City after the massive explosions. He later worked as a short-order cook at the Goody-Goody drive-in caf?. He next worked as an apprentice plumber for Messer Plumbing Co. In 1952, Mr. Barfield was drafted into the Army and spent two years there ? at Fort Bliss and Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Memorials may be made to the Heidenheimer Church of Christ building improvement/benevolence fund, P.O. Box 177, Heidenheimer 76533.
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