Lee Roy Sevier

April 29, 1945 - September 19, 2014

Mr. Lee Roy Sevier, 69, of Bowling Green, Missouri went home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 19, 2014 at the Moore-Pike Nursing Home in Bowling Green, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, Missouri. The Rev. John Burkhead will officiate. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a. m. until time of service at l:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 23rd at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Summer Hill Cemetery at Summer Hill, Illinois. Lee Roy was born April 29, 1945 in Hamburg, Illinois the son of Roy and Elsie Gray Sevier. He married Ruth Benjamin June 24, 1965 at the Church of Christ in Louisiana, Missouri. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Sevier, one son; Steve Sevier and wife, Krystal, a daughter, Renee Sevier all of Bowling Green, Missouri, one sister, Ruth Ann Ruffin of Louisiana, Missouri, 3 nieces, 4 great nieces, 3 great nephews, 6 great- great nephews and 3 great- great nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Elsie Sevier, Father and Mother In-Law, John and Neva Benjamin and one niece, Irma (Shade) Harrison. He lived in Hamburg, Illinois until 1954 when the family moved to Louisiana, Missouri to make their home. He graduated from the Louisiana High School in 1963. He had worked in different places all of his life but mainly in the Grocery business where he had worked for 24 years. He was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Missouri. Honorary pallbearers are; John Murr, James Ingram, Jim Ingram, Karl Benjamin, Russell Cottrell and Russell Wood. Active Pallbearers are; Charley Dameron, Bill Crop, LaVerne Perkins, Matt Perkins, Kent Dixon and Roy Sisson.