A funeral service for Lloyd Pond, 86, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 14, 2025, at Crossroads Baptist Church in Marshall. Interment will follow at Elmira Chapel Cemetery in Spring Hill, Texas. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 13, 2025, at Downs Funeral Home.

Lloyd was born February 22, 1939, in Foreman, Arkansas to Otho and Lexie Pond and passed away on November 10, 2025, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The family relocated to East Texas where he graduated from Spring Hill High School in May of 1957. He married Mary Dollahite on July 7, 1957. As a young man he worked in the oilfields of west Texas before settling in the Waskom community. He developed the Shady Lane Mobile Home Park in Waskom. He was an active member of the community serving in many ways. He was a school board member, PTA president, and oversaw the entire Texaco field office. Most importantly he was a man of God. He served as deacon at FBC Waskom, Westwood Baptist, Greenwood Baptist, and the Crossroads Baptist Churches. He was also a member of the Harrison County Tax Board for many years. During that time, he developed the Serenity Subdivision as well as Pond Estates where he built his home and shortly after he met Mrs. Bonnie Harlan. Mr. Lloyd and Mrs. Bonnie married on December 15, 2018, where their relationship blossomed as well as their love for the Lord.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Otho and Lexie Pond; wife Mary; one brother and two sisters.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Pond; son, Gary Pond and wife, Robbie; daughter Lori Ware and husband, Tom; brother-in-law, Ken Crocker and many grandchildren and great grandchildren along with other family and friends.

Serving as pallbearers will be Clay Ware, Garrett Ware, Jay Lowery, Austin Pond, Wes Waters, and Tyler Cherry and honorary pallbearers will be Ken Crocker, Joe Lintz, and Ray Rogers.