Kenneth Curtis Scroggins

Funeral Services for Kenneth Curtis Scroggins, 90, of Whitehouse, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Monday, June 22, 2015, at Lloyd James Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Sherman Mayfield officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. prior to the service. Burial is in Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.

Kenneth passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Tyler.

He was born on June 29, 1924, in Corsicana to the late Horace Seaburn and Martha Belle Scott Scroggins.

Kenneth was in the Air Force and flew 131 missions with the 98th Bomb Group. He was stationed in Lecce, Italy, and was shot down in Yugoslavia one mile from the German line. He helped found and was an active member of HAMM (Historic Aviation Memorial Museum) at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. Kenneth was a member of the Lake Tyler Baptist Church.

Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 16 years, Jewel Scroggins, of Whitehouse; two sons, Kenneth Scroggins and his wife Glenda, of Palestine and Doug Scroggins and his wife Rhonda, of Bullard; three stepsons, Edward Cifu and his wife, Susan and Frank Cifu, all of Riverside, California, and James Cifu and his wife Denise, of Lake Elsinore, California; four grandsons, Brad Scroggins, of Tyler, Brent Scroggins and his wife Chris, of Palestine, Charlie Scroggins and his wife Jennifer, of Houston and Christopher Scroggins, of Houston; and seven great- grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife of 51 years, Earl Deane Scroggins.

Pallbearers will be Brien Woodson, Charlie Scroggins, Brent Scroggins, Christopher Scroggins, Christian Castillo, and Ross Harmon. Honorary pallbearers will be the 98th Bomb Group.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Meals on Wheels, 118 Railroad Ave., Whitehouse, TX. 75791; or Lake Tyler Baptist Church, 13230 CR 285, Tyler, TX. 75707.