Roy Mallard

Roy Carman Mallard, 60, of Nashville died Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at Vanderbilt Medical Hospital in Nashville.
A memorial service will be held in the chapel of Friendship Funeral Home in Friendship 5 p.m. Thursday.
Visitation is 3 p.m. until time of the service.
The family requests memorial gifts be sent to the donor’s choice or to the following: Nashville Rescue Mission, 639 Lafayette St., Nashville, TN 37203; Teen Challenge, 33 North Cleveland St., Memphis, TN 38104; or the Salvation Army, 696 Jackson Ave., Memphis, TN 38105.
He was born on May 13, 1957, in Dyersburg, the younger son of the late Jack F. Mallard Sr. and Jeanne Carman Mallard.
He graduated from Dyersburg High School in 1975 and attended the University of Memphis, Dyersburg State Community College, and Freed-Hardeman University. He was a graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in Dallas.
Roy was a successful Beltone hearing aid representative, embalmer and paint contractor. He was actively involved in worship and service at the Trevecca Nazarene Community Church and the Nashville Rescue Mission.
To know Roy was to love him because of his generous and loving spirit. He never met a stranger. There are many people who have received help and kind deeds from him as he was always ministering to others in his path who were struggling with life’s addictions. His strength for the Lord was shown in his fight to keep trying to overcome obstacles.
He is survived by one daughter, Kelly (David) Hames of Trezevant; two sons, Kyle Mallard of New Orleans and Casey Mallard of Union City; his mother, Jeanne Mallard of Bells; one brother, Jack (Debbie) Mallard Jr. of Jackson; six grandchildren; and a nephew and a niece.
Roy was preceded in death by his father, Jack Mallard Sr.; and his grandparents, Roy and Minnie Lou Carman, William Authur Mallard and Jeannie Mallard Lipscomb.
Published 8.15.17