Extracted from The Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, TX)
Sunday, March 31, 1940

R. D. (Dick) McElroy Dies Late Saturday

R. D. (Dick) McElroy, 54, died at 10:40 Saturday night. Funeral is to be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Christ. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Emmett Ayers, Merkel, Mrs. Vivian Boyd and Mrs. T. O. Neal, city; three sons, Leach, Walter, and Benny, city.