Loyd, David G. 


GILMER -- Services for David G. Loyd, 62, of Gladewater, will be 
10 a.m. Monday, June 26, 2006, at The Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints in Gilmer, with Bishop Ted Austin officiating. 
Interment will be in Enoch Cemetery. Arrangements are under the 
direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mr. Loyd passed 
away Friday, June 23, 2006, at a Tyler hospital. David was born 
March 26, 1944, in Gilmer, to Joe William and Ozell Loyd. David 
served as Upshur County commissioner for Precinct 3. He served 
as an assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop No. 312. David 
was president of the Texas Rodeo Association for 20 years and 
served as a director for the North American Rodeo Association. 
He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, 
ElRay Loyd. Mr. Loyd is survived by his wife, Carla Loyd of 
Gladewater; sons and daughters-in-law, Mark Loyd of Tyler, and 
Michael and Karman Loyd of Longview; daughters and sons-in-law, 
Marty and Bret Osborn of San Francisco, Calif., and Jennifer and 
Larry Prewitt of Houston; sisters, Rhonda Guthrie of Spring, and 
Carolyn Sisson of Tyler; and five grandchildren, Morgan Elliott, 
Bailey and Reece Osborn , and Ava and Hudson Loyd. Pallbearers 
will be Boy Scout Troop No. 312 Eagle Scouts. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Boy Scout Troop No. 312 and the Gladewater Rodeo Board of 
Directors. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, June 25, 2006, at 
Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/25/2006.