Paul Garfield Roark

December 07, 1936 - February 03, 2012

Paul Garfield Roark, 75, of Arjay, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2012 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Beverly, KY on December 7, 1936 a son of the late Huey and Susie Lawson Roark.

He believed in the Pentecostal Faith and was a member of the Ferndale Pentecostal Church. A lifelong resident of Bell County, he had been a coal miner for 36 years.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his mother and father-in-law, Mack and Nollie Sizemore Patrick; a great-grandson, Bradley Scott Bingham; sister and brother-in- law, George and Lizzie Mae Lawson; brothers-in-law, Ben Hoskins and Charles Lefevers.

Survivors include his loving wife of 51 years, Hannah Patrick Roark; four daughters, Donna Sue Roark, Janet Warren and George Browning, Savannah Wilder, all of Arjay and Lisa Rhodes and husband, Leonard of Pineville; five grandchildren, Jewell Tiffany and Derek Bingham, Misty Marie Rhodes, Hannah Grace Rhodes, Trevor Wade Wilder and Caleb William Paul Wilder; two brothers and their wives, Wesley and Helen Roark and Paul Hubert and Jerri Roark, all of Fort Wayne, IN; six sisters, Virgie Lefevers of Pineville, Ella Hoskins of Lenoir City, TN; Barbara and Joey Sanders of Fort Wayne, IN; Shirley and Doyle Gray of Knox Co, KY; Marlene and Amos Smallwood of Manchester, KY and Vickie and Tim Lefevers of Knox Co., KY; special friends, Rev. Walter Brock, Paul Gray, Dillard Hoskins, Bubbie Hoskins, Bobby Ulrich, Wallace Elliott, Ed Moore and Willie B. Hubbard and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral Information

Services will be at 1:00 PM Wednesday at the Ferndale Pentecostal Church with Rev. Walter Brock and Mr. Bobby Ulrich. Music will be by the Ferndale Church Singers.

Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Gardens, MIddlesboro, KY.
Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jerry Woolum, Dr. Robert Martin and Dr. Steven Morgan.

The family will receive friends on Monday after 6:00 PM and all day Tuesday at the Ferndale Pentecostal Church.

Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Pineville, is honored to serve the Roark Family.