1940
Roy
2016
Roy K. High
August 13, 1940 — June 23, 2016
Roy K. High, age 75, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M., Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Bill Johnston and Blair Gibson officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, June 24, 2016 from 7:00 - 8:00 PM.
Roy was born on August 13, 1940 in Elkhart, Texas to Oscar Leroy and Ida Margarite (Lasiter) High. He married Lynda K. Gabler on January 16, 1960 in Roscoe, Texas. He retired in 2005 from Georgia Pacific after working for forty one years in the gypsum wallboard industry. He was a member of Fourth & Elm Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife Lynda High of Sweetwater, Texas, sons, Randall High of Loraine, Texas, Russell High and wife Nancy of Sweetwater, Texas and Henry High and wife Rachel of Wolfforth, Texas , grandchildren, Kaitlyn Newton and husband Akeem, Chad Dillard and wife Amanda, and Chase Dillard, great granddaughters, Shae Newton and Piper Dillard, and sisters, Marilyn Billard, Deborah Leach and Cathy Hurd.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar & Margarite High, son, Jeffrey Scott High, sister, Barbara Sue Iverson, and brothers, C.J. High, Gary High, Mitchell High and Ricky High.
Pallbearers will be Chad Dillard, Chase Dillard, Akeem Newton, Wayne Bryant, Bill Doggett, and Scott Whittenburg.
Honorary pallbearers will be Lester Batteas, James Holloman, Jerry Riggs, Wesley Harris, and Jim Henderson.
Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M., Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Bill Johnston and Blair Gibson officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, June 24, 2016 from 7:00 - 8:00 PM.
Roy was born on August 13, 1940 in Elkhart, Texas to Oscar Leroy and Ida Margarite (Lasiter) High. He married Lynda K. Gabler on January 16, 1960 in Roscoe, Texas. He retired in 2005 from Georgia Pacific after working for forty one years in the gypsum wallboard industry. He was a member of Fourth & Elm Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife Lynda High of Sweetwater, Texas, sons, Randall High of Loraine, Texas, Russell High and wife Nancy of Sweetwater, Texas and Henry High and wife Rachel of Wolfforth, Texas , grandchildren, Kaitlyn Newton and husband Akeem, Chad Dillard and wife Amanda, and Chase Dillard, great granddaughters, Shae Newton and Piper Dillard, and sisters, Marilyn Billard, Deborah Leach and Cathy Hurd.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar & Margarite High, son, Jeffrey Scott High, sister, Barbara Sue Iverson, and brothers, C.J. High, Gary High, Mitchell High and Ricky High.
Pallbearers will be Chad Dillard, Chase Dillard, Akeem Newton, Wayne Bryant, Bill Doggett, and Scott Whittenburg.
Honorary pallbearers will be Lester Batteas, James Holloman, Jerry Riggs, Wesley Harris, and Jim Henderson.
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