LOYD RAY CARDELL
Loyd Ray Cardell went to be with the Lord on October 25, 2021, in Tucson, AZ, just five days short of his eighty-seventh birthday. He was born in Stamps, AR to Mary Viola and Charles Henry Cardell on October 29, 1934.
Loyd lived an interesting and sometimes challenging life.
He was orphaned at a young age and raised by his sister. In his youth, he became self-reliant and worked many jobs, including a butcher, migrant farm laborer, and roustabout. While building his oil company, he sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door. He and his wife, Ardis Rosalie, founded and operated Ardis Oil Company, which at one time in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s had the largest oil production of any independent oil producer in the state of Arkansas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Raeanna, and wife Ardis Rosalie Pittman Cardell. He is survived by his daughter Sharon and her husband Joe Hester, grandsons Christian Hester and his wife Tammy, Raydodd and his wife Emily, and four great granddaughters Catherine Cardell Hester, Caroline Grace Hester, Patterson Rae Hester, and Evelyn Ann Hester, nephew Charles Eric Morgan and his wife Summer and son Christopher Eric, niece Cheryl Morgan, and niece Sherrie McMillan and her husband Reed, and great niece Jennifer Throne and her husband Brian and son Stephen, and special ‘cousin’ Cindy Omstead, and the son he never had, Sam Whitelaw and his wife Ellen.
Visitation will be at the Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia, Arkansas on Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A private family funeral is being planned for a later date. Loyd was a fun loving, generous person who taught us all how to live life to the fullest and to seize the day. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
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