From the Dallas Morning News, 4 October 1966 reads...

Persons - LaRoy W., 1317 Tanager Ln., Garland. Survived by wife, Mrs. Marian Persons; son, LaRoy W. Persons Jr., Gainesville, Florida; daughter, Ms. Janet Garvin, Baytown, Texas; mother, Mrs. Ina Persons, Dallas; sister, Mrs. Frances Connor, Houston. Services 3 p.m. Tuesday, First Methodist Church, Rev. Thomas P. Weaver and Rev. Henry Mood officiating. Interment Restland Memorial Park, Masonic rites at grave. Spurlock Funeral Chapel, 1710 W. Kingsley, Garland BR8-3515