Carol Eilene McRoy, daughter of the late Donald and Virginia Hulsey Reiter, was born on July 25, 1943, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on October 17, 2021, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 78 years.

Carol attended Fairview or “Curdton” as it was called grade school six miles east of Puxico, until it was consolidated, and finished High School in Puxico in May 1961. She worked various jobs from factories to newspapers, and she worked at Dexter Hospital from July 1978 to December 1986. In December 1986, Carol went to work for Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Warren until his office closed in June 1992. She spent the next twenty years with Visiting Nurses of Southeast Missouri, retiring in 2012.

On August 15, 1966, she married Richard Lee McRoy. A wonderful son, Steven Lee was born to them on April 13, 1968. Steven went to Heaven August 10, 2013.

Carol always put her family before herself and enjoyed cooking big meals for birthdays and holidays and helping families in need the Christian way she was raised. As a family, the McRoy’s enjoyed visiting parks, sightseeing, camping, hunting, and fishing.

She is survived by her husband, Richard McRoy of Dexter, and by two special friends, Dennis and Donna Hutchison of Bloomfield.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, October 19, 2021m at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Ronnie Stevens officiating.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.