of Mountain Home, AR

August 4, 1943 - February 25, 2023

Harold R. Terrell (Rocky), age 79, died Saturday, February 25, 2023. Rocky was born August 4, 1943 in McKinney, Texas to Harold L. Terrell and Ruby Naomi LaFon. He lived his younger years in the Dallas and Arlington, Texas area.
At the age of seventeen, following his graduation from Arlington High School, Rocky joined the United States Air Force where he trained as a firefighter and later served as a facility manager at a Minuteman Missile Site. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was assigned to the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam where he was awarded the Air Medal for his airmanship and courage while participating in important combat missions through hazardous conditions in Southeast Asia. He retired from the USAF in 1981.
Following retirement, Rocky began a new career in the fire protection and safety business with Smith Fire Protection in Dallas and in 1985 transferred to Sherman, Texas where he met and married Monta Sue Hodges. Hodges passed away in 1996. In 2003, Rocky reconnected with Audrey Grill, whom he had a previous relationship with during his time in Dallas. In 2004, Rocky relocated to Bull Shoals, Arkansas where he and Audrey spent their life together until her death in 2015. Rocky remained in Bull Shoals until moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in the summer of 2022.
Rocky is survived by his daughter, Robin of Denver, CO; his sister, Patricia Benton of Mount Airy, MD; his former wife, Marietta Neely and by Jarrod, Audrey's son, who was everything like a son to Rocky.
Rocky in his own words, wrote "he had a great life, filled with Love, The Lord, and great adventure".
A visitation will be at the Roller Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Dallas, Texas. Please visit our website at rollerfuneralhomes.com to sign the guestbook.

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