CHAFFEE -- Troy E. Montgomery, 84, of Route 2, Chaffee died Dec. 8, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 16, 1907 in Wiseman, Ark., the son of Ulysses Palmer and Frances Pinkston Montgomery. On May 3, 1933, he married Thelma Bowden, who survives of the home.

He was a teacher and school principal in Arkansas for several years before moving to Chaffee in 1948, where he was co-owner of Montgomery Motors. He also farmed, before his retirement in 1973.

He was a member and deacon at First Baptist Church in Chaffee. He also was a former Sunday school teacher and superintendent at the church.

Survivors include a son, Troy Howell Montgomery of Sikeston; a daughter, Mary Arendt of Jackson; two brothers, Horace Montgomery of Newport, Ark. and J.P. Montgomery of Chaffee; two sisters, Virginia Proffer of Jackson and Movidene Cutler of Chaffee; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Chaffee.

The Rev. Charlie Shrum will officiate, and burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.