Roy Elden Carnahan passed away on July 1, 2017, after a year of declining health.

Roy Carnahan was born on April 19, 1927, in Wadsworth, Ohio, the only child of Kent and Bertha Carnahan. He was educated at Kent State University Elementary School, De Puyster Junior High School, and Theodore Roosevelt High School, all in Kent, Ohio. During high school he drove a delivery truck for Getz's hardware store. Most of his life he spoke of accompanying his uncle Harlan on the morning milk-delivery route.

In 1944 he entered Eastern Nazarene College, where he traveled with the Evangelistic Association and sang bass in traveling quartet groups. At ENC he also met Doris Jackson, of Rochester, New York. They were married after graduation in 1948, and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Roy attended the Nazarene Theological Seminary, graduating in 1951. The couple accepted an assignment in Potsdam, New York, where there was a church building but no congregation. Their first son, Elden, was born there.

After a successful pastorate in Potsdam, the couple moved to Rochester, New York, and began another new congregation there, Calvary Church of the Nazarene, and helped establish a Spanish congregation. During this time sons Stephen and Geren and daughter Sherril were born. In 1966, the couple and their family accepted an assignment at First Church of the Nazarene in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1969, Dr. Carnahan was elected Superintendent of the Washington District of the Church of the Nazarene, and served in that position until retirement from the full-time ministry in 1992. As Superintendent he started churches in Baltimore and Washington and began the District's venture into Haitian, African American, Korean, and Spanish ministries. During those years he served on the Board of Trustees of Eastern Nazarene College and rose to become Chairman. He was granted a Master's of Divinity degree upon completion of his book, Creative Pastoral Management.

In retirement Dr. Carnahan served on the staff of Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene in York, ministering to shut-ins and elderly church members.

Outside of the ministry Dr. Carnahan’s interests included cars, photography, travel, history, and camping. Three times he led his family on a cross-country camping trip, and served on mission teams to many countries. Until the last months of his life he was an avid reader and always ready to discuss the latest book he had read.

Dr. Carnahan is survived by his wife of 68 years, Doris Jackson Carnahan, Elden Carnahan and his wife Mary Taylor Carnahan, of Laurel, Maryland, Rev. Stephen Carnahan and his wife Judith Taylor of Auburn, Maine, Dr. Geren Carnahan and his wife Cheryl Daniels Carnahan, of Hampton, Virginia, and Rev. Sherril Mohnkern and her husband Rev. Mark Mohnkern of Petersburg, Pennsylvania. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. at Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene, 400 Stillmeadow Lane, York, Pennsylvania 17404.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas 66220.

Arrangements by the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 1111 East Market Street, York, PA 17403.