Mr. Roger D. Stallings, Sr., age 68 of Saulsbury, Tennessee, departed this life Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Bolivar General Hospital.
Mr. Stallings was born Sunday, April 24, 1949 in Shelby County, Alabama to the late Corbit Glen, Sr. and Helen L. Stallings. On Thursday, May 25, 1972, he was united in marriage to Joy Stallings, who survives.
He grew up in Alabaster Alabama and lived in Collierville for 21 years before moving to Saulsbury 19 years ago. He worked as an operations technician for Western Union for 18 years and was a member of the Peterson Lake Baptist Church in Collierville. He was a ham radio enthusiast and his call sign was "AK4QQ". He also enjoyed searching for artifacts with a metal detector, including Civil War relics.
In addition to his wife, his survivors include his sons, Roger Dale Stallings, II and wife Kathryn of Broomfield, Colorado, Corbit Glen Stallings, III of Memphis, and Timothy D. Gables of Bethel Springs; a sister, Sandra Chesser of Irondale, Alabama; a brother, Kenneth Ray Stallings and wife Debra of Columbiana, Alabama; and four grandchildren, Matthew Glenn Hunt, Stephanie N. Hunt, Stanley G. Hunt, and Phineas Stallings.
He is preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Shirley Ramsey and Joyce Stallings; and two brothers, William Stallings and Corbit Glen Stallings, Jr.