Bill Wayne McIntyre

FORT WORTH - Bill Wayne Mclntyre, son, brother, uncle, husband, father and PawPaw, entered heaven peacefully on December 5, 2024, at the age of 104.
Bill was born at the family home on Main Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 12, 1920, to Wade Almerion McIntyre and Willa Flournoy Crosby McIntyre. Bill attended Horace Mann Elementary School in Oklahoma City Public Schools. Bill attended Harding Junior High where he discovered his love of running track. He continued school at Classen High School where he competed in the 100, 220 sprint and 440 relay earning a letter in track his junior and senior year. He also enjoyed playing baseball on the school team. He was set to attend college in Colorado on a track scholarship, but instead he worked alongside his father for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and was the starting pitcher on the company softball team. It wasn't long when he moved to Washington D.C. and worked for the Social Security Board until he was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1941.
On November 2, 1941, he went to Fort Sill for testing and training. In January of 1942, he traveled by train to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana for basic training. He then spent 15 days zigzagging across the Atlantic Ocean avoiding German U-Boats, arriving in Algiers located in North Africa, but ultimately stationed in Naples, Italy. Bill told stories of hopping from train to train exploring North Africa, encountering members of the French Foreign Legion, climbing to the top of the Vatican to take pictures, receiving a blessing from Pope Pius XII, and attending church service every Sunday with his fellow servicemen. When the war ended, he flew home on a B-17 bomber that was barely intact. He was awarded many accommodations for his service as an accountant for the Army Air Corps and was ultimately awarded the Bronze Star.
Bill attended the University of Oklahoma from 1945-1950 on the GI Bill. He graduated with a degree in business. He fondly told stories of attending OU football games and cheering the Sooners to a National Championship in 1950. He strongly valued his education and proudly wore his class ring for 74 years.
Bill married Kathryn Marie Boyhen on August 30, 1947. She was the girl next door. While Bill was attending OU he wrote love letters back home to Kay dreaming of the time when they would be reunited. They were married for 60 years before Kay's passing in 2008. They raised two daughters, Marsha and Michelle, in Oklahoma City. As a boy, Bill and his family attended Trinity Baptist Church on NW 23rd Street, in Oklahoma City where he was saved and baptized. When Bill and Kay started their family, they joined First Baptist Church Downtown Oklahoma City. As Oklahoma City grew, Bill and Kay joined a small group of people who planted Village Baptist Church on May Avenue in Oklahoma City. Bill and Kay taught a 4th grade Sunday school class, he served as a deacon and was the church treasurer during the years they attended Village Baptist Church.
In 1951 as a young OU graduate, Bill started his 31 year career as pricing analyst at Tinker Air Force Base. After a short retirement of only 6 months, he was recruited by the Federal Aviation Administration to work as an analyst. He continued working until his full retirement in 2004. In addition to working as analyst, he was a tax accountant. He enjoyed a long successful career of 53 years. He owned a farm in Liberal, Kansas, built apartment buildings and homes across NW Oklahoma City. He enjoyed fishing and boating on Lake Hefner, traveling across the world and spending time with friends and family.
After Bill and Kay relocated to Fort Worth, Texas in 2005 and they joined Birchman Baptist Church. Having great love of our country and admiration for his fellow servicemen and women Bill helped found Fort Worth Roll Call. Roll Call is a military veteran organization that grew from 15 to 1,600 members from 2014 to present. Bill was also blessed to participate in the Honor Flight Program, The Gary Sinise Foundation Awards, he received the Greatest Generation Award from The Commemorative Air Force and at 99 years of age he traveled to Normandy, France to participate in the lowering of the American flag to honor the countless heroes that stormed the beaches in 1944.
Affectionately known as PawPaw, Bill was the beloved patriarch of his family, which he considered his greatest accomplishment. Bill is survived by many family members. Two daughters, Marsha Kay McIntyre Stafford and husband, Gary "Ron" Stafford, Michelle Marie McIntyre Maberry and husband, Dr. Stephen Maberry; six grandchildren, Ashley Kay Stafford Hoggatt and husband, Mickey Hoggatt, Stephen Wayne Stafford, Samanna Marie, Jonathan Douglas, Allison Katherine and David Wade Maberry; and five great-grandchildren, Alayna Kay, Alexa Kay, Hallee Kay Hoggatt, Ava James and Vivienne Lynn Stafford; and niece and nephew, Kathy Perkins and Mark McIntrye. He is proceeded in death by his wife, Kathryn Marie Boyhen McIntyre; his parents, Wade and Willa McIntyre; his brother, Jean W. McIntyre and wife, Mary Jean O'Connor McIntyre.
Viewing will be held on December 19, 2024 with family present from 5 - 7pm at Greenwood Funeral Home in Memorial Suite B, 3344 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 76107. Funeral service will be held on December 20, 2024 at 12 p.m. at Greenwood's Live Oak Chapel, 3100 White Settlement Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 76107.
A graveside service will be held, with military honors including a 21 gun salute by the American Legion Honor Guard, at Memorial Park Cemetery, 13313 North Kelley, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73131, at 2 p.m. on December 21, 2024.
In lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to Fort Worth Roll Call at roll-call.org.
Donations can be mailed to:
Roll Call
P.O. Box 35052
Fort Worth, Texas 76162
GREENWOOD FUNERAL HOME
Greenwood Funeral Homes - Cremation
3344 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-336-0584