Charles Richard McRoy, son of the late Charley McRoy and Jessie Lay McRoy, was born on October 14, 1942 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on January 24, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 78 years.

Mr. McRoy was a former employee of Elder Manufacturing in Dexter, Missouri, and he was a farmer. He was a Kentucky Colonel and of the Assembly of God Faith.

He was united in marriage to Shirley Sandusky on June 24, 1961 in Dexter, Missouri. Mrs. McRoy survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife, Shirley, he is survived by his son, Scott McRoy of Dexter; by his daughter, Angela Ortt and husband Ken of Dexter, by three grandchildren, Ashley Soles, Chasity Davis, and Erik Ortt and wife Kaera; and by one great-grandchild, Owen Davis.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Bonnie Cannell officiating.

Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery in Dexter.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.