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Horris Waid

Horris Dale Waid, 58, of Prescott, died Sunday, October 14, 2001.

He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Prescott and a former member of Fairview Baptist Church in Little Rock.

Waid was a 32 degree Mason and a member of the Westwood Masonic lodge #353, the Scottish Rite and the Scimitar Shrine Temple, and was a charter member of the Cherokee Hunting Club. He was a retired truck driver with East Texas Motor Freight.

He is survived by his wife of 38 years Rita Porter Waid; sons: Roger Waid, Billy Waid and his wife, Christy, and Roy Sanchez and his wife, Tamara; daughters; Tracey Waid Greenwood and her husband Landon, and Tammy Waid; grandchildren Nick Waid, Chris Waid, Hannah Waid, Peyton Greenwood, Michael Sanchez, Mark Sanchez, and Rebecca Sanchez; brothers Bobby Almond and his wife Joyce; special friend Carol Usery, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at the Fairview Baptist Church in Little Rock with Dr. Don Lutrick, and Rev. Chad Brandon officiating. Interment was in the Forest Hill Memorial Park with Roller-Drummond Funeral Home Southwest assisting. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 901 North University Avenue, Little Rock, 72207-6354.