Mr. Murl Lester Lloyd, age 73, of Trion, GA, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at his residence.

 

Mr. Lloyd was born March 19, 1941, in Jamestown, AL, son of the late James David Lloyd and Daisy Octovia Hartline Lloyd.  He was retired from the Tennessee Army National Guard and had served with the 196th Field Artillery Brigade and the 1-181st Field Artillery Battalion.  He was a veteran of Vietnam and Desert Storm. 

 

Survivors include his sons and daughter-in-law, David Earl and Darlene Lloyd, Wayne L. Lloyd; a sister, Sue Coker; grandchildren, Jessica Aycock, Chase Francisco, Haley Lloyd, Jakub Lloyd, and Lucas Lloyd; great-grandchild, Presley Aycock.

 

Funeral services for Mr. Lloyd will be held at 3:30 P.M. Friday, June 13, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kevin Norton officiating.  Interment will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Active pallbearers will be Jason Tucker, Ricky Tucker, Randy Bagley, Tim Coker, James Humphrey, and Brandon Brown.  Honorary pallbearers will be the 1-181st Field Artillery Battalion and special friends, Ryan Willingham, Charles “Blue” Willingham, Sandy Willingham, Michael Tinney, “Bear” Blackmon, and Barry Tapp.

 

Mr. Lloyd will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Thursday.  At other hours, the family will receive friends at the home of David and Darlene Lloyd.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.