Roy P. Sullivan Jr.

Sullivan, Roy P., Jr. was born in Middle, Tennessee, raised in Southeast Missouri and attended public schools in Pop-lar Bluff, Missouri. He became a naval aviator in August 1941. Strengthened by his patrio-tism and his love for his wife Betty Mack Scott of Poplar Bluff, whom he married in 1942, he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters until Octo-ber 1946. His final tour was as Senior Naval Aviator aboard the heavy cruiser USS Columbus (CA 74) in charge of the aviation di-vision. Retiring as a senior grade Lieutenant, Sullivan was educated at Westminster Col-lege, Fulton, Missouri and Southeast Missouri State Uni-versity. Employed by Monsanto Chem-ical Co. in 1948, Sullivan pre-ferred field sales and for 35 years was a salesman and Dis-trict and Regional Sales Man-ager in several Eastern loca-tions. Sullivan was active in sev-eral chemical and drug industry associations and was past presi-dent of the Sales and Marketing Executive Club (Wilmington, Del-aware). He was secretary and treasurer of the Empire State Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry in New York. He served as a Presby-terian Elder for twelve years for three churches. After retiring from Monsanto in 1983, Sullivan was an active volunteer. He was a charter member of the Saint Louis chapter of the Executive Service Corps and served ten years as a Monsanto Loaned Ex-ecutive to the United Way. He was a member of the Personnel Board of the City of Des Peres and assisted in Goodwill Indus-try's financial development pro-grams. He is survived by his wife, Betty; a daughter, Kimball Curry of St. Louis; and two sons, Scott Parker of Kaneohe, Hawaii and Kelly Bryant of St. Louis. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood and to the United Way of St. Louis. Private Service to be held at FOREVER BELLERIVE Cemetery.