Henderson, Texas
Orville Ray Monroe
1930 — 2023
Funeral services for Mr. Orville Ray Monroe, 93, of Henderson, will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Kim Hunt officiating. Interment will follow on Thursday, 11:00 a.m., July 6, 2023 at Rosedale Memorial Chapel in Ada, Oklahoma. Mr. Monroe passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023 at his residence. He was born Feb. 7, 1930 in Texas township, in Cotton County, Oklahoma to the late Jessie and Ollie Monroe, and was raised in Temple, Oklahoma. He was a self-made man, coming from nothing to start his working career at the bank in Temple. He later became owner and operator of Rebel Drilling. Orville was a talented baseball player, earning a...