Roy Otis Dennis Jr.

Roy graduated from Taylor Co. High School in 1955 and served 2 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He attended Florida State University and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He completed a bachelor’s degree in office management. At college he met and married his wife, Sherry and they were happily married for 59 years. They had 2 children. Roy worked in Management for Chevron Oil Co. for 25 years. He retired at the age of 55.

Roy was an avid Bass fisherman his entire life and retired to Ocala for the fishing lakes. He loved to fish with his friends and family. He loved the mountains in North Carolina and collecting shells on the beaches of Sanibel Island, Florida. He enjoyed making boiled peanuts, growing tomatoes and playing cards and dominoes around the kitchen table. If you ever met or knew Roy, you were always welcomed with a heartfelt greeting, and a warm smile.

Roy was preceded in death by his Father and Mother.

He is survived by his wife Sherry, his children Lyn and Jeff, his sister Ina and his grandchildren Jeffery, Marina, Holly and Thomas and Ava his great grandchild and niece Robin and nephew Scooter. He will be greatly missed.