July 13, 1920 – January 15, 2009 SADLER รข?? Funeral Services for Troy Aubrey Reigh, 88, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro with Rev. Shawn Kemp officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 at the funeral home.
Troy passed away Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman.
He was born on July 13, 1920 in Love County, OK to James Delbert Reigh and Maggie (Willingham) Reigh. Troy served in the 45th Infantry of the U.S. Army during WW II in the European African Middle Eastern Theater of Operations, earning a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement. He married Martha Puyear on Jan. 7, 1972 in Gainesville and retired as a Lease Operator for Mobil Oil Co. after 37 years of service. Troy was a member of Hagerman Baptist Church. He loved camping, fishing, TV, napping and was a city farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Reigh of Sadler, a son, Mike Reigh and wife Lisa of Snyder, 2 daughters, Jane Smithey and husband Jimmy of Arlington and Reida Bennett of Corinth, a step-son, Michael Partain of Milburn, OK, a step-daughter, Renee Nabors of Sadler, 8 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and 5 step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.D. and Maggie Reigh, a daughter, Sue Grisham, a step-son, Rick Partain, a brother, Thomas Reigh and 3 sisters, Alta Ezell, Eva Wiggins and Elizabeth White.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.