1. | Pemberton, Roy Leo was born on 9 Apr 1915 in Casey, Guthrie County, Iowa; died on 2 Jul 2005 in St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois; was buried on 6 Jul 2005 in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Retired Deliveryman for Meadow Gold Milk
- Reference Number: PEMB.R002
- _FGRAVE: 30806309
- Military Service: World War II, Seaman First Class, United States Navy
- Funeral: 6 Jul 2005, Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois
Notes:
Roy L. Pemberton, 90, of Flora, died July 2, 2005, at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
He was born April 9, 1915, in Casey, Iowa, the son of Thomas Howard and Mamie Fugate Pemberton. He married Betty Porter August 10, 1940.
He was retired from Meadow Gold Milk as a delivery man, was a World War II Navy veteran, and a member of First christian church of Flora and Flora Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Lowell and Earl Pemberton; a daughter, Diana Pemberton; two brothers Elmo and Harold Pemberton; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his parents and two brothers, Dean and LaVern Pemberton.
Funeral services were held at Neal Funeral Home with burial in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville.
Occupation:
Entered active service as an able seaman draftee on April 18, 1945 at Chicago, Illinois. Trained at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois. Assigned to 143rd Naval Construction Battalion (Advanced Base Construction Depot). Served abroad in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Earned The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, The Philippine Liberation Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Seaman First Class on August 29, 1947 at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1922978
Roy married Porter, Betty Jean on 10 Aug 1940 in Orion, Missouri. Betty (daughter of Porter, Wilferd Barlo and Welty, Lydia Evelyn) was born on 23 Mar 1924 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 9 Apr 2011 in Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 13 Apr 2011 in Red Brush Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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