Roy Earl Denman

Roy Earl Denman, 75, of Pampa, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Services will be 10:30 AM Monday, November 16, 2015, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum, with Rev. John Hazle, administrator for case work services at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the U. S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas. Masonic graveside rites will be courtesy of Pampa Masonic Lodge #966, AF & AM. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Denman was born March 29, 1940 in Cardin, Oklahoma. He married Mary Payne on October 9, 1971 in Pampa. Roy had been a resident of Pampa since 1968. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Vietnam War as an MP. After Roy was discharged from the Army, he went to work for the Pampa Police Department, where he was the first and only polygraph examiner in Gray County and where he was a hypnotist. Roy was instrumental in starting up Gray County Crime Stoppers. He retired from the Pampa Police Department in 1992 after 27 years of service as a captain. Roy later worked for TDCJ at the Jordan unit for 10 years, retiring in 2003. He was a member of the Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF&AM and Khiva Shrine Temple of Amarillo. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Goldie Denman. Survivors include his wife, Mary Denman of the home; four daughters, Majuanta Slater of the home, Rhonda Denman of Pampa, Jodi Weatherly and husband Lex of Granbury and Ginger Hazle and husband John of Boys Ranch; five grandchildren, Michael Munoz of Pampa, Madison Weatherly and Landon Weatherly both of Granbury, Jonathon Hazle and Jadon Hazle both of Boys Ranch. Memorials may be made to Pampa Sheltered Workshop, P.O. Box 2808, Pampa, Texas 79066-2808.