MORRIS ROYAL, SR.

Mr. Morris Royal, Sr., age 97, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019, in a local retirement center. Mr. Royal was born November 16, 1921 at Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a member of Hickory Street Baptist Church, a retired locomotive engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad and was a World War II Veteran of the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Royal, a daughter, Patricia Gail Royal, and a grandson, Tony Buchanan. Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Buchanan of Texarkana, Arkansas, two sons and daughters-in-law, Morris Jr., and Charlotte Royal of Sherman, Texas, and Ira and Sue Royal of Texarkana, Arkansas, seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be at 3:00 P. M. Friday at the Texarkana Funeral Home Arkansas Chapel with Rev. Kent Mathias officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Harmony Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 PM Friday until service time. The family will be at the home of Ira and Sue Royal, 7105 Live Oak Drive, Texarkana, Arkansas. Memorials may be made to the International Mission Board, 3806 Monument Avenue, P. O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA, 23230-0767. Online registration is at www.texarkanafuneralhome.com.