Roy attended elementary and high school in Laredo, MO. He spent two years in the armed service, 1963-1965, serving for a time at Ft. Sill, OK and at Ft. Benning, GA, where he trained as a paratrooper with the Airborne Division; later he served as a drill sergeant, teaching hand-to-hand combat methods before his honorable discharge in 1965. Roy returned to the Trenton, MO area and worked in the construction industry for 20 years and then as an over-the-road truck driver, hauling loads of freight all across the country for 27 years.
Roy was united in marriage to Ella Mae Wilkison and they are the parents of two children: Nancy and Mike; this union ended in divorce. Later, Roy married Patricia Harris on December 7, 1984 in St. Joseph, MO. They lived in Holden, MO while Patricia worked as a nurse, and then Montrose, Missouri when they retired.
Roy was preceded in death by Patricia in September 2014, his wife of 30 years, whom he cared for during her last two years of illness. In addition to his wife and parents, Roy was preceded in death by his siblings: Carl D. Walker (d.1992) and his wife Jolene Walker (d.2013) of Trenton, MO, his sisters, Velma I. (Walker) Clark (d.2002) of Milan, MO and Mildred (Walker) Hammond (d.2010) of Trenton, MO and brother-in-law Norman (D.2022) of Trenton, MO. He is survived by his sister Veda Stewart of Trenton, MO, and his brother Lester James ‘L.J.’ Walker of Phoenix, AZ. Roy is also survived by his two children: Nancy (Charles) Engeman of Montrose, MO and Mike (Sandy) Walker of Harrisonville, MO. Also surviving are five Step-children: Karen Dickens of Grain Valley, MO, Sennie (Marvin) Pierson of Blue Springs, MO, Mark (Esmarelda) Neal of McAllen, TX, Matthew (Kelly) Neal of Higginsville, MO, and Mr. Kelly James Neal of Alexandria, TN; 20 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
