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Roy Emery Pannell
October 21, 1943 – February 24, 2023
Lived 79 years
Goodwill · Loogootee, INDIANA
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1943
Born October 21
1949
Roy was 6 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1958
Roy was 15 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Roy was 19 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1975
Roy was 32 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1982
Roy was 39 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1994
Roy was 51 when "Friends" premiered
2005
Roy was 62 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
Roy was 72 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Roy was 79 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away February 24, age 79
Also resting here
The Pannell name at Goodwill
Michael Rex Pannell1966 – 2022
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