Funeral services for William Raymond Armstrong, 87, of Temple will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Mattson officiating. Burial will be in Bellwood Memorial Park. Mr. Armstrong died Saturday in a Temple Hospital. Mr. Armstrong was born May 13, 1925, in Goldthwaite to Robert Lee and Annie Wilson Armstrong. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Peggy Atkinson in 1961. She preceded him in death in 2008. He graduated from Howard Payne University with degrees in Science and History. He moved to Temple, from Wichita Falls over fifty years ago and was a Sports Coach for Temple Independent School District in Junior High and High School. He was a member of Knob Creek Masonic Lodge 401 and Memorial Baptist Church and had been a Boy Scout Troop Leader. Survivors include his daughter Nancy Swanzy of Temple; hise son William C. Armstrong of Temple; one sister Annette Moore of Odessa; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Boy Scouts of American Troop 101 P.O. Box 773 Temple, Texas 76503 Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monday at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home.
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