Rodney Scruggs: UPDATE

Rodney Glenn Scruggs, 52, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center – St. Francis Campus in Wichita.

He was born Nov. 16, 1961 to Walter Glenn and Karen Jean (Kilgore) Scruggs in Liberal.

He married Iris Cherie Gillespie on June 23, 2001, in Red River, N.M. She survives

He grew up in Liberal and attended Liberal schools.

He worked for Liberal Iron & Metal, Lone Star Services of Liberal and was employed as a Pumper for Chaparral Energy since 2003.

He was a Scoutmaster for Boy Scouts of America from 2012-2014, a member of NRA and NAHC, and was an avid coyote hunter.

Survivors also include children, Logan Scruggs, Riley Scruggs and Levi Scruggs of the home; mother, Karen Warden and husband, Gary, Liberal; father, Glenn Scruggs and wife, Carol, Liberal; brother, Kelly Scruggs and wife Debbie, Liberal; sisters, Lynette Reth, Liberal, and Brenda Butler and husband, Verl, Kismet; grandmother, Edith Scruggs, Liberal; nephews: Damion Reth, Dustin Bozarth, and Brandon Moody; and nieces: Christina Roy, Candace Scruggs and Shaylee May.

He was preceded in death by grandfather, JC Scruggs; and grandparents, Carlos and Georgia Kilgore.

• Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Church of the Nazarene in Elkhart with Pastor Keith Davis presiding.

Burial will follow at the Elkhart Cemetery in Elkhart.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Garnand Funeral Home in Elkhart.

Memorials are suggested to the Children’s Education Fund in care of Garnand Funeral Home, PO Box 854, Elkhart, KS 67950.