J. R. Monk, 84, of Greenville passed away February 7, 2015 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Highland Terrace Baptist Church with Rev. Chet Haney, Rev. Bob Layman and Dr. Kelly Carr officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.
Born October 25, 1930 in Farmersville, J. R. was the son of Grover and Laura Penny Monk. On November 3, 1948 in Rockwall, he married Frances Cooper. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a retired material analyst from Raytheon (L3) after 38 years of employment and was a former union president. He also owned Monk’s Tires. J. R. was a member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and BPOE Elks Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Frances of Greenville; sons Jerry Monk of Phoenix, Arizona and Larry Monk of Greenville; sister Wanda Buck of Allen; and grandchildren Kevin Monk, Jeffrey Monk, Larry Monk, Jr., David Monk and Kerry Monk.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, six brothers and one great-granddaughter.
Pallbearers will be Byron Burk, David Diggs, Phillip Cross, Jerry Bench, David Roberts, Amos Lowry, Bosie Boswell, Don Hall, Lee Harp and Marvin Flowers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Adult 13 Friendship Sunday School Class.