Larry Glenn McLain, 93, of Perryton, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Perryton.  Viewing will be Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.   Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2024.  Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery.   Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. of Perryton, Texas.

Mr. McLain was born on June 4, 1930 to Merrill Thomas and Ruby Lucille Gyger McLain in Perryton, Texas.  He was united in marriage to Anna Louise Manning on January 7, 1947.  To this union a son, Glenn LeRoy McLain was born.

He was employed with the Perryton Equity for 30 years before he became the owner of McLain Enterprises and McLain Bail Bonds.  In November 1965 he was commissioned Chairman of the Ochiltree Volunteer Parole Board by John Connally, Governor of Texas and he was re-commissioned in 1970 by Governor Preston Smith and in 1974 by Governor Briscoe.

From 1956 to 1968 he was the Managing Director of the American Community Youth Club in Perryton.  He served as President of the Kiwanis Club, President of the Board of Directors of the Ochiltree County Senior Citizens for four terms and the President of the West Texas AAU of the U.S.

He was of Scottish Heritage and very proud of his ancestry.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Merrill T. McLain, Jr. and Robert McLain; three sisters, Lorene Carter, Betty Docherty, and Bennie Flowers; and one precious granddaughter, Melissa Erin McLain.

He is survived by his wife, Louise, of seventy-seven years; one son, Glenn and his wife Susan of Polk City, Iowa; one grandson, Brian McLain of Des Moines, Iowa; twin grandsons, Ayden and Logan McLain; one sister, Patsy McLain of Onalaska, Texas; and one brother, Gail, of Alta Vista, Kansas.

He was known for his humor and ability to make people laugh.

(It is not how you die, but how you live!)