MR. ROY LEE TALLENT, AGE 88, OF GAYLESVILLE, AL, DIED FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020, AT HIS RESIDENCE. 
  
MR. TALLENT WAS BORN MAY 11, 1932, IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, AL, SON OF THE
LATE CLARENCE ROY AND BIRMAH ESTELLA PLEDGER TALLENT. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
MOUNT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH AND A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAVING
SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR. MR. TALLENT WAS A RETIRED SERGEANT WITH THE ROME
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WORKED FROM 1957 UNTIL 1973. HE WAS ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE. MR. TALLENT HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY
WORKED FOR SPRIGGS PAVING AND CONSTRUCTION. HE LOVED FISHING AND
STORY-TELLING. 
  
IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, FRANK
TALLENT AND ROLAND TALLENT; AND A SISTER, ANN TALLENT DONOVITS. 
  
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE OF 22 YEARS, SUSAN A. TALLENT; CHILDREN,
VICKIE TALLENT, VALERIE TALLENT, TAD (SELENA) HAWKINS, MICHELLE (ANTHONY)
PENA, JESSICA (MICHAEL) CABE; GRANDCHILDREN, AMANDA BERKINSHAW, DESTINY
CABE, MADELYN HAWKINS, BEN COOK, JASMINE HAWKINS, ELISE TALLENT, TYLER
LEMMING, AUSTIN HAWKINS, AND KAITLYN HAWKINS; AND SEVERAL
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS. 
  
GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR MR. TALLENT WILL BE HELD AT 12:00 NOON. (C.S.T.)
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020, AT MOUNT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY WITH
CHAPLAIN TERRY KISOR OFFICIATING. ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE BEN COOK,
PAUL BERKINSHAW, TYLER LEMMING, MICHAEL CABE, JASON SHIELDS, AND MICHAEL
BUMBALOUGH. WAYNE TALLENT WILL SERVE AS AN HONORARY PALLBEARER. 
  
VISITATION WILL BE HELD PRIVATELY. 
  
THE TALLENT FAMILY ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF MASON FUNERAL HOME ENCOURAGE
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO BEAR IN MIND THE CURRENT GUIDELINES AND
RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH BY THE C.D.C. AS IT PERTAINS TO SOCIAL
GATHERINGS.