88-year-old Roy E Longbons of Albion, died on Wednesday, December 8 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi.
He was born on March 24, 1933, in Albion, the son of Edward and Nettie (Fewkes) Longbons. He was Wed in Holy Matrimony to Patricia Conover on January 3, 1954.
Roy served in the United States Army as an instructor in the Fuel and Electric School at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.
Upon returning to Edwards County, he worked as a mechanic in the local auto dealerships before transitioning to a twenty-year teaching position at Edwards County Senior High School. There Roy taught Auto Mechanics and Small Engines along with life lessons to hundreds of students.
Roy’s true passion was always farming with his family and his number one priority was serving the Lord as a lifelong member at Little Prairie Christian Church through numerous leadership roles, committees and as a Sunday School teacher for 65 years.
He is survived in death by his wife Patricia Kay, three children; Phillip Bruce (Trena) Longbons, Brian Edward (Susan) Longbons and Jana Kay (Skip) Miller, six grandchildren; Andrew Longbons, Judd (Brittany) Longbons, Adam Longbons-Koenig, Patricia Saab, Simon (Ashley) Saab, Cecilia (Larry) Michels, and five great-grandchildren.
Roy is preceded in death by his parents Edward and Nettie Longbons, siblings; James Edward Longbons, Evalyn Bond, Gerald Longbons, Mary Clark, and Doyle Longbons. Roy always noted that many of his fondest memories were working along side his father and brothers on the farm.
Graveside Service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 14 at Little Prairie Cemetery, Albion.
Memorials may be made to the Little Prairie Cemetery Fund or the Albion Public Library.
Interment: Little Prairie Cemetery, Albion, IL, Military rites to be conducted.
Ingram-Meridith Funeral Home, Albion.