Obituary

Dr. Loyal S. Northcott, former pastor of the First Christian Church here, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997 in the Tyler, Texas hospital. He was 85.

The funeral service is set for today at 2:30 p.m. in the First Christian Church in Tyler, Texas with Dr. Earl Gibbs and Dr. Sidney Spain officiating. Burial is to be in Halstead Cemetery in Halstead, Kan. under the direction of the Lloyd James Funeral Home of Tyler.

Loyal S. Northcott was born May 8, 1911 in Hesston, Kan. He was a retired minister with the First Christian Church in Tyler, and had served as pastor of First Christian Church in Rosalia, Kan.; Baytown, Mo.; Girard, Kan.; Atchison, Kan.; St. Joseph, Mo. and Ponca City.

In Tyler, he moved the First Christian Church to its present location on South Broadway during his tenure as pastor. Dr. Northcott was also involved in various interim ministries in Indiana and Texas.

A member of the First Christian Church in Tyler at the time of his death, he was also Executive Director for the Department of Evangelism, Disciples of Christ in Indianapolis, Ind., a Rotarian, Mason and a member of the Eastern Star.

Surviving are a daughter, Mary Ann Crawford of Albuquerque, N.M., two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.