2020 R-CA VIRTUAL REUNION MEMORIAL SERVICE
CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF ROARK-CONNER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
September 26, 2020
If Death My Friend and Me Divide
If death my friend and me divide,
Thou dost not, Lord, my sorrow chide,
or frown my tears to see;
restrained from passionate excess,
thou bidst me mourn in calm distress
for them that rest in thee.
I feel a strong immortal hope,
which bears my mournful spirit up
beneath its mountain load;
redeemed from death, and grief, and pain,
I soon shall find my friend again
within the army of God.
Pass a few fleeting moments more
and death the blessing shall restore
which death has snatched away;
for me thou wilt the summon send,
and give me back my parted friend
in that eternal day.
Charles Wesley, 1762
(From 2013 R-CA Memorial Service)
Family Members who have passed since the 2019 Reunion:
Thomas Lewis (T.L.) Conner – April 21, 1922 – September 19, 2018
Terrence Patrick “Pat” Conner – September 7, 1942 – August 22, 2019
Mary Roark Crownover – October 8, 1935 – August 23, 2018
Joseph McGill Ditman – August 17, 1931 – July 6, 2016
Verna Ellis – December 25, 1935 – February 7, 2019
Andrew Houston Gamble – December 1, 2019
W. C. Bill Gross – March 26, 1943 – April 8, 2020
Gene Franklin Johnson – September 3, 1942 – January 16, 2020
(Past R-CA President, 2011-2012)
Gary Elvin Peck – December 31, 1953 – August 12, 2019
Iva Marie Pickens – November 29, 1920 – October 6, 2019
Dallas M. Roark – December 15, 1931 – August 20, 2020
(Past R-CA President, 1980)
James “Jimmy” Roark – 1954 – December 9, 2019
Jean (Carpenter) Roark – February 25, 1933 – March 21, 2020
Georgianna “Jan” Smith – August 30, 2019
Family Members who have passed since the 2019 Reunion:
Thomas Lewis (T.L.) Conner
April 21, 1922 – September 19, 2018
Terrence Patrick “Pat” Conner
September 7, 1942 – August 22, 2019
Mary Roark Crownover
October 8, 1935 – August 23, 2018
Joseph McGill Ditman
August 17, 1931 – July 6, 2016
Verna Ellis
December 25, 1935 – February 7, 2019
Andrew Houston Gamble
December 1, 2019
W. C. Bill Gross
March 26, 1943 – April 8, 2020
Gene Franklin Johnson
September 3, 1942 – January 16, 2020
(Past R-CA President, 2011-2012)
Gary Elvin Peck
December 31, 1953 – August 12, 2019
Iva Marie Pickens
November 29, 1920 – October 6, 2019
Dallas M. Roark
December 15, 1931 – August 20, 2020
(Past R-CA President, 1980)
James “Jimmy” Roark
1954 – December 9, 2019
Jean (Carpenter) Roark
February 25, 1933 – March 21, 2020
Georgianna “Jan” Smith
August 30, 2019