of Mountain Home, AR

December 22, 1935 - November 18, 2016

John Byron Elders, Jr., age 80
John Byron Elders of Mountain Home, formerly of Walnut Ridge, passed away Friday November 18, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Home after a sudden worsening of his long illness.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia on December 22, 1935, to Dr. John B., Sr. and Lucille Elders, he graduated from Walnut Ridge, Arkansas High School in 1953. As a member of the Arkansas National Guard for 20 years, he was a graduate of the Arkansas Military Academy, and was deployed during the Little Rock school Crisis of 1957. After owning his own shop for a few years in Walnut Ridge, he was shop foreman for Sears Auto Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas for over 20 years, a school bus driver for 7 years, before retiring to Mountain Home.
His avocations over the years were many, including Boy Scouting, drag racing, model railroading, boating, private piloting, and RVing. In later years he helped start the Model Railroad Club of Mountain Home, and was active with the Boy Scouts again. He was a member of the United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Bonnie Wyatt Elders, son Dr. John Gregory (Michele) Elders of Mountain Home, grandchildren Molly Elders of Mountain Pine, Arkansas; Bailey Elders of Henderson, Nevada, Gabriel Elders of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Joseph Elders of Mountain Home, Amanda (Christof) Floeckner of Vienna, Austria, and Allison (Kyler) Robbins of Hardenville, Missouri, and one great grandson Blaine Robbins.
Visitation will be at Roller Funeral Home of Mountain Home Monday, November 21, 2016, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., and services also at Roller, 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2016. John's request was for donations in lieu of flowers, to The United Methodist Church of Mountain Home or Walnut Ridge, or the Boy Scouts Camp Spencer Improvement fund.
Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.

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