Ray Dairrel Roney

Ray Dairrel Roney, 84, of Pea Ridge, Ark., passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the Innisfree Living Center in Rogers. Ray was born on August 6, 1935 in Brightwater, Ark., a son of John Kermit Roney and Alta Mae Haynes Roney. He had worked several different occupations in his life including being a truck driver, a custodian at Rogers Elementary and a night security guard for the Pepper Source Company. Ray was a veteran having served honorably in the U.S. Army. He is survived by one son, John Smith of Somerset, Wis.; one daughter, Ronda Sizemore of New Port Richey, Fla.; three brothers, Jack Roney of Holiday Island, Ark., John Dee Roney of Story City, Iowa and Lowell Roney of Iowa; one sister, Joyce Jacobson of Story City, Iowa; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at the Pratt Cemetery near Pea Ridge on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 10 a.m. Arrangements are entrusted to Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Springdale. Please visit http://www.backstrom-pyeattte.com to sign our online guestbook.