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Roy Wakefield
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| Birth: |
Jun. 28, 1971
Show Low
Navajo County
Arizona, USA |
| Death: |
Mar. 14, 2003
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Arizona, USA |
The White Mountain Independent,
Show Low, Arizona - 07/17/2003
Roy Wayne Wakefield, 31, died March 14, 2003 in Phoenix.
He was born June 28, 1971, in Show Low. Roy attended Show Low Elementary School and graduated from Show Low High School in 1990. He then enlisted in the USAF and served two years, being discharged due to an injury.
Roy is survived by his father Gary Wakefield of Show Low; mother, Royetta of Phoenix; brother, Gary Lynn Wakefield in the USAF in Surprise; two sisters, JoDawn Sykes of Oklahoma and Katie Raynor of Oklahoma; and his grandmother, Maryetta Bunger of Oklahoma.
Grave side services will be held Saturday, July 26 at 11 a.m. in the Show Low Cemetery with military honors by VFW Post 9907 of Show Low.
Owens Mortuary is handling the arrangements.
Inscription:
US Air Force |
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Burial:
Show Low Cemetery
Show Low
Navajo County
Arizona, USA |
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Jennifer Frost (Cobia)
I don't know if there's a way to convey this message to any family of Roy's that is still living who would have access to this site.
Last weekend I found myself up in Show Low eating at the Great American Pie shop next to Roy's boyhood home, and chatting with the owner and former neighbors of Roy's, Diana and Frank Lara. We talked about what a good soul Roy was, how much we missed him, and how tragic his passing was. He was one to sit there and visit and talk whenever you needed a friend. He was not judgemental, or worried too much about how he came across to others. Diane Lara said how much she missed him, how even has a teenager he had mastered the art of visiting with older adults and being at ease with them. He liked to talk, and he had a wonderful smile. I wanted to go over and tell his mom what a good friend he was to me in high school, but Diane said both of his parents had already passed, and all his siblings had moved out of town or out of state. I hope he knew, or knows now, that he is missed and was a treasured friend to many.
Jennifer Frost Cobia