ALBERT LEROY FISHER WAS BORN NOVEMBER 29, 1938 IN ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI TO LOUISE AND LLOYD FISHER. ROY LEFT HIS HOME IN ST. JOSEPH TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE IN

1957. SOON AFTER, HE MET A SWEET FLORIDA-GIRL NAMED HELEN WATTS IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WHILE ON LEAVE.

THAT NIGHT, HE TOLD HIS GRANDMA THAT HE MET THE GIRL HE WAS GOING TO MARRY. SOON AFTER, THEY WERE ENGAGED AND THEN MARRIED, ALL WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, ON APRIL 8, 1960.

ROY AND HELEN SPENT THEIR FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE IN MONTANA, THEN MOVED DOWN TO PLANT CITY, FLORIDA IN

1961. THEY RAISED A DAUGHTER AND SON, DEBBIE AND DALE THROUGHOUT POLK COUNTY WHILE WORKING IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. THEN, THEY SETTLED IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA IN 1977.

IN 1966, ROY AND HELEN BEGAN A BIBLE STUDY WITH ELSWORTH AND WILMA RALSTON AND WERE BAPTIZED AS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ON JULY 12, 1968. ROY SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A PIONEER AND ELDER AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN MINISTRY TRIPS TO UNASSIGNED TERRITORY AND KINGDOM HALL CONSTRUCTION.

ROY HAD A PASSION FOR AVIATION, SAILING, MOTORCYCLES, FISHING, CAMPING, HIKING, HIS ANIMAL PAINTINGS, AND HIS LITTLE RED PICK-UP. HE NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A STORY OR TELL HIS LATEST JOKE. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE CARING AND LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDPA HE WAS.

ROY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER LOUISE, FATHER LLOYD, AND SISTER PATRICIA. HE IS SURVIVED BY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE OF 64 YEARS TOGETHER, HELEN, DAUGHTER DEBBIE, SON DALE AND HIS WIFE DAYNA, GRANDCHILDREN: AARON, JUSTIN, JOEY, SYDNEY, SIX GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN, AND SISTERS PENNY, SANDY, AND DEBBIE.

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