Joseph Clyde Roy Jr.

North Augusta, SC—Funeral Services for Mr. Joseph Clyde Roy, Jr., 72, of North Augusta, SC, who entered into rest February 18, 2014, will be conducted Friday morning at 11:30 from Grace United Methodist Church. Rev. James D. Dennis, Jr. officiating. Interment in Pineview Memorial Park with Veterans Honors. Mr. Roy was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on September 1, 1941 and was a former resident of Columbia, SC, having made North Augusta his home for the past twenty one years. He was the son of the late Joseph Clyde Roy, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Hathcock Roy. Mr. Roy graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction and obtained a Master of Science in Administration from The George Washington University in 1970. He was a member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. Mr. Roy was commissioned in the United States Army and served for six years. He began working in the homebuilding business in 1970, and went on to start his own company which he owned for thirty years. Mr. Roy was a true artist and was passionate about each one of the hundreds of homes he designed and constructed across Georgia and South Carolina. His homes were meticulously detailed, each one constructed with a tribute to the Williamsburg style of architecture he so deeply admired. He met and married Diana Bolen Roy of Atlanta, GA in 1963. Together, they traveled in the Army and raised a family in Virginia, Greenville, SC, Columbia, SC, and Augusta, GA, before finally settling in North Augusta, SC. He was a former member of Union United Methodist Church in Irmo, SC. He was a current member of Grace United Methodist Church and the Cokesbury Sunday School class in North Augusta, SC. After retirement he enjoyed sharing his musical talents on the piano, playing for his Sunday school class, the church and for the Heart and Vascular Institute at University Hospital. He loved the outdoors, and enjoyed camping with his wife and family and watching his Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in football. Mr. Roy was most loved by his family, and was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Diana Bolen Roy, North Augusta; his mother, Dorothy Mae Roy, Knoxville, TN; a sister, Cheryl R. Sharpe, Knoxville, TN; a brother, Timothy S. Roy, Milton, NH; three daughters and sons-in-laws, Rebecca and Jeff Wall of North Augusta, Sally and Scott Shealy of Asheville, NC, and Cindy and LT COL Matt Pantsari of Augusta, GA; nine grandchildren, Thomas Wall, Jonathan Wall, Ansley Pantsari, Elizabeth Wall, Sam Shealy, Keller Pantsari, Rachel Wall, Nicholas Shealy, and Arden Pantsari. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Cokesbury Sunday School Class. Active Pallbearers will be Jeff Wall, Scott Shealy, LT COL Matt Pantsari, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Dr. Daniel K. Benjamin, Jr., C.E. “Toby” Sharpe, and James E. Bolen. The family will receive friends in the Wesley Center at Grace United Methodist Church from 10 o’clock until the hour of service. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church, 639 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803.278.1181). Visit the registry at www.poseycares.com

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Joseph Clyde Roy Jr.

September 1, 1941 - February 18, 2014