Charlie Joseph Roy died Wednesday, May, 20, 2009, at River Region Medical Center. He was 77.

Mr. Roy was a native of Mansura, La., and lived in Cary for 30 years. He  was employed by Moore Planting Co. as a heavy-equipment operator. For the past seven years he lived in Vicksburg. He was a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korea War.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ola Jane Lemoine Roy; his second wife, Jackie Roy; his parents, Dennis and Rose Roy; a daughter, Trudy Williams; and three sisters, Ramona Gauthier, Ethel Diaville and Nellie Firmin.

Survivors include a son, Dwayne Roy of Vicksburg; a daughter, Tonga Vinson of Vicksburg; two step-sons, Terry Pierce of Gulfport and Dennis Pierce of Vicksburg; a brother, Daniel Roy of Monterey, La.; a sister, Anna Jordan of Independence, La.; and seven grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Dwight Sibley officiating. Burial will follow at Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday until the hour of the service at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Joe Vinson, Jason Bridgmon, Mike Cook, Joshua Roy, Norman Williams and William Moore.