A funeral service for Roy Garner Nelson, age 87, will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at the Carrier Congregational United Church of Christ.   Gordon Jantz and Rev. Sue Miers will officiate.  Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery in Carrier with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

He was born to William Chalmers and Lucy Inez (Mahaffey) Nelson on Jan. 13, 1919, on the family farm west of Carrier.  He died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid.

Roy attended Prairie View School through the 8^th grade and graduated from Carrier High School in 1937.  He then moved to Stillwater to attend Oklahoma A & M College where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Aggie Club.  Roy married Nellie Fern Graham on June 5, 1940 in Stillwater where they continued to live until he graduated with a B. S. Degree in Agronomy in 1941.   Roy’s first job was with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, (ASCS) in Stillwater.  He transferred to the Enid and Fairview ASCS offices over the next three years.  They moved back to the family farm in 1943 where they lived and raised wheat and livestock until 1985.  At that time they moved to Enid but he continued farming until 2003.  Roy was a member of Garfield County and Oklahoma Farm Bureau since 1944.  He served on the County Board for 8 years.  He enjoyed assisting his children with their 4-H and FFA activities and projects.  He was named an honorary member of Carrier FFA in 1963 and received recognition for 23 years of service to the Garfield County ASCS committee in 1991.

Roy was a committed Christian and lifelong member of the Carrier Congregational United Church of Christ where he served as a Deacon, Sunday School treasurer for 28 years, and on many church committees.  In March 1948, he joined the Masonic Anderson Lodge #160 in Goltry.  He was a 32^nd degree Mason and earned his 50 year pin in 1998.  Roy was a strong supporter of the Carrier Public Schools. 

Roy is survived by his wife Nellie Fern of the home; one son, Ronald Roy Nelson and wife Jane (Willingham) Nelson of Carrier; one daughter, Denise RoNell Jones and husband Don of Enid; five grandchildren, Amber Davis and husband Jason, of Oklahoma City, Ryan Nelson and wife Susan, of Chicago, Illinois, Amanda Brandon and husband Jonathan, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chad Newby of Stillwater and Allison Jones of Enid; three great-grandchildren, Grace and Claire Davis, Levi Garner Brandon; and two step grandchildren, Lesley and Jeffrey Jones.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Lowell, Dellis, Earl and John Nelson; and two sisters, Hazel Bolenbaugh and Opal Wayman.