Lee Roy Briscoe

Memorial services for Lee Roy Briscoe, 80, will be held Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. in the Centennial Chapel of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home with Mr. Sean McCallister officiating.

Lee Roy was born to Carl Ike and Eva Stafford Briscoe in San Antonio, Texas on March 6, 1943.  He was raised in San Antonio and was a graduate of South San High School, class of 1961.  He and former Carolyn Yvonne Tate were married in 1964.  Lee Roy later obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Technology from South Eastern Oklahoma State University in Durant.

Lee Roy served four years in the United States Navy where he attended ET school at Treasure Island and was then sent to one of the largest Naval communications stations in Stockton, CA, which intercepted communications of the entire Pacific Fleet during the Vietnam war. 

He learned at an early age the importance of a strong work ethic from his father who first introduced him to electronics.  In 1968, Lee Roy moved to Oklahoma and began a career for American Flyers heading up the radio shop and supervised the FAA repair station.  In 1979 he began working at Uniroyal Tire as a routine electrician, later becoming an engineer computer technician.  He retired from Uniroyal in 2000 and soon after began working for Valero Ardmore Refinery as an instrument technician.  He retired from Valero in 2017.

Lee Roy was an avid outdoorsman that loved fishing and hunting.  He had great respect for all wildlife and nature conservancy.  He and his beloved quail hunting dogs generally out walked any fellow quail hunter.  His main hobbies were collecting specialty knives and antique guns.  He was a long time member of the First Avenue Church of Christ.  One of the most memorable traits he had was his sense of humor with a little mischief involved.  We are sure many have  a story to tell.

Lee Roy is survived by his wife Carolyn of the home, daughter Kimberly McBride and husband Larry of Madill, OK; Leesa Thompson and husband Tommy of Argyle, TX; and Gus Peoples of Ardmore, OK; grandsons Joshua Jones and wife Gillian of Grand Junction, CO; Matthew Thompson of Ft. Worth, TX; and granddaughter, Ashley Thompson of Amsterdam; great granddaughter Rivka Jones of Grand Junction, CO; and great grandson Duke Jones of Anchorage, Alaska.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Martha Kay Strecker and his brother Carl Robert Briscoe.

Honorary bearers will be Valero employees.

Cremation-With-Care provided by Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home and Crematory where online condolences for the family may be left at www.hdouglasfuneralhome.com.