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Roy Louis Burkhart
Date of Death or Service May 26, 2020
Roy Louis Burkhart
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 Private family funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Taylor Funeral Home. Scott Lanning and Steve Baggett will officiate. Graveside services will follow on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at the Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 2930 Highway 41 A South, Clarksville, TN.  To view Mr. Burkhart's funeral live on Tuesday, please click HERE.

Those desiring, memorials are suggested to the Matt Baggett Memorial Fund c/o Taylor Funeral Home, P.O. Box 160, Dickson, TN 37056 Mr. Burkhart, age 88, of Dickson, TN formerly of Clarksville, TN died peacefully Saturday, May 23, 2020 at his home.  

He was born in Montgomery County, son of the late Leonard and Lula Bowers Burkhart. Mr. Burkhart was married to Dorothy Marie Evans Burkhart for 68 years. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Matt Baggett, and great- granddaughter Makayla Burkhart and his five siblings.

Having grown up in the Needmore community of western Montgomery County Tennessee, Roy and Marie moved to the Oakland community in northern Montgomery County in the early 1950s.  Roy’s love for the land led him into a career of farming.  Though he initially began with grain, livestock, and poultry, he eventually settled on grain farming, concentrating specifically on corn and soy beans.  Between the land he owned and leased, he farmed over 1,000 acres.  He retired from farming in 1985 at the age of 54, and spent the rest of his life as an astute businessman.

While his love for the land and “negotiations” was keen, it was well-surpassed by his love for the Lord and the church.  Roy served as an elder and Bible class teacher for the Oakland and Hilldale congregations of the church of Christ.  He generously supported the preaching of the gospel locally and around the world.  He and Marie, his wife of 68 years, faithfully served their local congregations in a number of ways.


His happiest moments were when surrounded by his five children, their spouses, and, his grandchildren.  His love for and patience with others was second to none.  He leaves his family an amazing legacy of love for the Lord, His Word, His church, and mankind.


Survivors include his wife of 68 years; Dorothy Marie Evans Burkhart, his five children; Steve Burkhart and wife, Laura, Pam Baggett and her husband, Steve, Jim Burkhart, Ricky Burkhart and his wife, Carol, and Kim Lanning and her husband, Scott; Also surviving are his eight grandchildren; Jason Baggett and his wife, Desiree, Ashlie Burkhart, Ben Burkhart, Elizabeth Mobley and her husband, Kevin, Eric Burkhart, Caitlin Burkhart, Rachel Burkhart and Mikena Perkins, and eight great grandchildren.
   
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