Roy L. Tomlin

TROUP - Services for Roy L. Tomlin, 82, Troup, were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29, at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup, with the Rev. Richard Boone officiating. Burial, with Military Honors, will be in the Walnut Grove Cemetery near Whitehouse.

Mr. Tomlin died March 26, 2007, in a Tyler hospital.

He was born Sept. 30, 1924, in Whitehouse to the late Aubrey Hicks Tomlin and Berta Faye Rawlings Tomlin. He was a lifetime resident of the Troup area.

Mr. Tomlin was a World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was certified as a sharpshooter and served in Company C of the 280th Engineer Combat Battalion.

He served in the Ardennes Rhineland Campaign in Central Europe, where he received the World War II Victory Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Ribbon, the EAME Theater Ribbon and three Bronze Service Stars.

He was a member of the Church of God and was a retired bricklayer.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Roy Eugene Tomlin Sr. and Rosemary Tomlin, Tyler; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Rev. Rayburn and Wilma Tomlin, Troup, and Rev. Raymond and Cordelia Tomlin, Weatherford; two sisters, Ruby Zardickas, Caldwell, and Reba Williams, Mesquite; four grandchildren and their spouses, Roy E. Tomlin Jr, and Theressa Tomlin, Troup, Brian and Deborah Tomlin, Bullard, Ashley and Justin Rowe and Amber and Shane Elliott, all of Flint; 10 great-grandchildren, Courtney Tomlin, Cheasley Tomlin, Caitlin Tomlin, Billy Tomlin, Regan Tomlin, Amanda Kuechle, Denver Rowe, Reese Rowe, Hunter League and Addison Elliott; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were grandsons and great-grandsons.