Willard Loyd Carlile, 76, of Paris, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at Paris Regional Medical Center.
Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31st at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Nathan Scoggins & Rev. Ray Evers officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Mr. Carlile, the son of Loyd P. Carlile & Cora Record Carlile, was born March 26, 1946, in Hugo, OK.
He served six years in the National Guard. His career with the Campbell Soup Company spanned 42 years before his retirement. Willard was a member of the Church of God.
On Nov. 4, 1969, he married Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Scoggins, building fifty years of family and memories before her death on Sept. 25, 2020. Willard was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Ernest Carlile, three nephews, Jimmy Carlile, Josh Carlile, and Timmy Carlile, and a niece, Patty Porter.
Survivors include three children, Edward Paul Luce & wife Annette, Angela Chapa & Daniel Hickman, and Tammy Driggers & husband Kent, grandchildren, Cody Luce, Morgan Luce, Breanna Luce & Kagen, Elizabeth Skym & husband Taylor, Brittany Sanders & husband Drew, Brooke Walton & John, Ty Driggers & wife Shelby, and Jessica Ervin & husband Dustin, great grandchildren, Caiden Luce, Jojo Luce, Rowan Luce, Cora Luce, Jaden Linares, Tatum Sanders, Oliver Sanders, and Garrett Skym, siblings, Jean Morton, Patricia Porter & husband Shorty, Jimmy Carlile & wife Dora, W. D. Carlile & wife Kim, and Martha Morrison & husband Gene along with many nieces & nephews and a host of friends.
Casket bearers will be: Ty Driggers, Daniel Hickman, Drew Sanders, Cody Luce, Dustin Ervin, and Caiden Luce. Honorary bearers will be: Jojo Luce, Rowan Luce, Jaden Linares, Tatum Sanders, Oliver Sanders, and Garrett Skym.
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