Roger Baines Stiles

Celebration of Life: 11:00 am Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Drive, Arlington, Visitation with the family will be Friday, April 8, 2016 6-8 pm.

Roger was born October 11, 1918, in Raymondville, Texas.

Survivors: Son John Stiles and wife, Linda of San Antonio; Daughter Priscilla Ash and husband, Jim of Arlington; and Son James Stiles of Fort Worth. Grandchildren: Roger Baines Stiles, III of Chicago, Jennifer Jimenez and husband Jeffery of San Antonio, Laura Martinez and husband Moises of San Antonio, James Ash and wife Natalie of Seattle, Thomas Ash and fiancé Jessica of Washington DC, Kathryn Ash of Arlington, Amber Buchanan and husband Ronnie of Saginaw; 6 great grandchildren, Derrick Stiles, Ryan Stiles, Michelle Martinez, Emma Kathryn Ash, Christian Buchanan, and Cayden Bright, and 1 great great grandchild Anthony Stiles.

Roger was preceded in death by his beloved wife Olive “Ollie” Stiles, his eldest son Roger David Stiles, grandson David Allen Stiles, and each of his four siblings Dorothy Stiles Goldman, Leonard Stiles, Betty Stiles Potter, and Donald Stiles. Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to Freedom Hospice, 1907 Ascension Blvd #200, Arlington, TX 76006.

Roger was born October 11, 1918, at home at the Las Palmas Ranch in Raymondville, Texas. At the age of 8, he and his four siblings lost their mother to a brain tumor and were reared by his grandmother “Cita”. He was educated in the two classroom Santa Margarita School and the education of living on the Moreno Ranch in South Texas. He rode 5 miles by horseback to Sayers High School and by bus to Breckenridge High School. At age 18, he left South Texas to see the world with the Navy. His first tour of duty was from 1936 to 1940, with his 4th year on the Battleship California stationed at Pearl Harbor. Roger married the love of his life Olive Lorayne Williams on July 27, 1939. At the age of 26, with a wife and child, he re-enlisted in the Navy for 1&1/2 years during WWII assigned to the USS Astoria and was part of a naval supply depot established on Saipan. After the war he worked for Camcar/Textron in Rockford, Illinois, and had three more children with “Ollie”. In September 1969, he FINALLY made it back to Texas and Arlington where he established a warehouse facility for Camcar/Textron. He retired after 35 years, only to start his own manufacturer’s rep business as his 2nd career. He lost his beloved “Ollie” in December 1998 after almost 60 years of marriage. His other passions in life included his family, family reunions in South Texas, ancestry research, Rotary, woodworking, birdwatching, reading, writing & crossword puzzles.