Roy Earl Tomberlain

October 6, 1934 - January 12, 2017

Memorial services for Roy Earl Tomberlain, age 82, of Tyler, Texas are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 21, 2017 in the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home chapel in Lindale, Texas with Pastor Royce Savage officiating. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home. Mr. Tomberlain died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at his residence in Tyler. He was born on October 6, 1934 in Tyler, Texas. Mr. Tomberlain worked as a reserve deputy sheriff for Smith County from 1976 to 1984 and for East Texas Medical Center Hospital as a paramedic. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, James Tomberlain. Mr. Tomberlain is survived by his wife, Dena Tomberlain of Tyler, Texas; son, Kelly Wood of Waco, Texas; father-in-law, Haakon Hansen of Dallas, Texas; 3 sisters-in-law, Sheri Richard of Tyler, Texas, Jana Jones of Tyler, Texas and Terra Smith of Lindale, Texas; 2 brothers-in-law, Kevin Smith of Tyler, Texas and Keith Smith of Tyler, Texas; and by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.