Lloyd D. Ryan Sr.

Lloyd D. Ryan Sr.        
- 2008
Lloyd D. Ryan Sr., 89, of Lindale went to be with our Lord on the evening of Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, in Granbury.
Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, in The Church of The Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Arlington.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 2020 South Collins St., Arlington, Texas 76010.
As a charter member of The Church of the Good Shepherd, Lloyd faithfully served his church family there for 55 years before moving to Lindale, where he became a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lindale.
Lloyd was born June 30, 1919, in Choate to Charles Wesley Ryan and Corine Izor Mixon Ryan. He married Anna Mae Kirkpatrick on June 15, 1944, in Orlando, Fla. She preceded him in death. He then married Ruth Reeves on Aug. 25, 1991, in Arlington. Lloyd worked as a climate control engineer for Vought Aircraft for 30 years before his retirement in 1981. Lloyd was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps for six years with 3 1/2 years in the Pacific theater in Burma, China and India.
The family would like to thank East Texas Hospice of Tyler and Community Hospice of Cleburne for their many hours of compassionate care for our Dad during his final days.
Survivors: His wife, Ruth Ryan; son, Lloyd D. Ryan Jr. and Cecilia of Arlington; daughters, Carol and Don Rawe of Kennedale, Barbara and Gary Kizer of Granbury, Janis Scroggins of Bedford, Barbara and Ron Dougher of Hideway Lake, Sydney and Paul Dean of Huntsville, Ala., Linda Goodwin of Tyler, Lisa and Mark Kaufman of Enterprise, Ala.; and sister, Sara Brockman of San Antonio. He was also PawPaw to 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/1/2009