Roger Wayde Armstrong

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 25th, at the Chicota Baptist Church with Rev. Rocky Burrow officiating and Reavis Wortham serving as eulogist. Burial will follow in Forest Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

Roger, the son of Cloyce Roger Armstrong & Billie Ruth Vanderburg Armstrong, was born Nov. 28, 1957, in Paris.

He loved the Chicota School and attended there through the 11th grade. Following consolidation, he graduated from North Lamar High School and attended Paris Junior College.

Roger worked two years at Merico followed by 20 years at Babcock and Wilcox until the plant closed. He then worked a short time at Ratheon before beginning a career at Kimberly Clark that spanned 22 years before his retirement.

He was of the Baptist faith. His greatest joy and love was his family. Roger was an avid outdoorsman. He began hunting at an early age when he received his Daisy BB Gun. He loved his Golden Retrievers, Hot Shot & Sadie and his birddog, Maxie.

Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Paula Renee Armstrong, son & girlfriend, Hunter Wayde Armstrong & Callie Adams of Paris, daughter & boyfriend, Kaitlan Nicole Armstrong and Lance Conrad of Powderly, his mother, Billie Ruth Armstrong of Paris, sister, Susan Jane Armstrong of Paris, brother, Stacy Kyle Armstrong & wife Danette & their daughter, Heather Armstrong of Paris, his mother-in-law, Mary Ann McCool of Paris, brother-in-law, Paul McCool & wife Sharon of Ft. Worth, uncles, Neal Vanderburg & wife Jane of Phoenix, AZ, Merrell Vanderburg & wife Charlotte of Powderly, and Jerrell Vanderburg & wife Linda of Sherman, aunt, Loretha Vanderburg of Reno, along with numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Cloyce Armstrong, grandparents, Joe & Esther Armstrong and Dewey & Dessie Vanderburg, his father-in-law, Joe McCool, uncles, Wayne Vanderburg, Jimmy Vanderburg, Larry Vanderburg, Robert Vanderburg and Sonny Wortham and aunts, Geraldine Vanderburg Loman and Veda Joe Armstrong Wortham.

Casket bearers will be: Tim Pursifull, Tom Pursifull, Dwayne Nunnelley, Carl Johnson, Jesse Torres, Billy Cook, Jeff Jones, and Ralph Hoffman.