Roy T. Gee, age 76, went to be with the Lord at his residence, following an extended illness.
He is a son of the late Willie and Stella Whitt Gee.
Mr. Gee attended school at Cory, Upper Tygart, Olive Hill High, Patuxent River, MD., Sue Bennett College and special course in bookkeeping at Atlanta, GA., plus many Judicial Seminars through out the State of Kentucky and Tennessee.
While in high school at Olive Hill, KY, Roy worked as clerk at the Olive Hill Cutrate Grocery until he was old enough to secure a driver license at which time he drove a stone truck in his spare time. Roy bought his own truck and ran his own store and gas station at the age of fifteen.
At the age of eighteen plus, Roy left home to seek his fortune at Mansfield, OH, working for Westinghouse Corporation for two and a half years. Roy came home and joined the Navy and was assigned to Navy Air Force aboard the U.S.S. Wasp-CVA-18 and winding up in Korea for the duration of the war. Before coming home to the United States, Roy had to go to Vietnam to help evacuate the French forces.
After the service he became self-employed. First, he managed and operated Gee's Texaco Station in Grayson, KY until 1967. He then bought a truck and was a over the road truck driver until 1975. Roy then ran for the office of Circuit Court Clerk and served in that capacity for twenty-five years.
Survivors:
His wife Dorothy Jean Carroll Gee, a son Robert Alan Gee. Roy also has a daughter-in-law, Karen Barnhill Gee and a grandson, Chad Alan Gee.
Additional survivors include:
3 brothers, Raymond Gee of Mansfield, OH, Billy Gee of Ypsilanti, MI and Teddy Gee of Mineral Ridge, OH; 1 sister, Alice Joy Buckler of Olive Hill, KY and many nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Clayton Gee and J.C. Gee and a sister, Geraldine Tackett.
He was a Christian and a member of the Pleasant Valley Church, the Carter County Gideons which he had served as a past President, a Mason with Trimble Lodge #145, a member of V.F.W., past president of the Grayson Rotary Club, a Sunday School Superintendent for 34 years, a member of Teamsters 100 of Cincinnati, OH and 505 of Huntington, WV., the American Legion and a former member of the Grayson Chamber of Commerce.
Having served as Carter County's Friend in the Courthouse for twenty-five years, Roy was truly thankful.
Entombment in the East Carter County Mausoleum.
Graveside rites was conducted by the East Carter High School Jr. R.O.T.C.
He is a son of the late Willie and Stella Whitt Gee.
Mr. Gee attended school at Cory, Upper Tygart, Olive Hill High, Patuxent River, MD., Sue Bennett College and special course in bookkeeping at Atlanta, GA., plus many Judicial Seminars through out the State of Kentucky and Tennessee.
While in high school at Olive Hill, KY, Roy worked as clerk at the Olive Hill Cutrate Grocery until he was old enough to secure a driver license at which time he drove a stone truck in his spare time. Roy bought his own truck and ran his own store and gas station at the age of fifteen.
At the age of eighteen plus, Roy left home to seek his fortune at Mansfield, OH, working for Westinghouse Corporation for two and a half years. Roy came home and joined the Navy and was assigned to Navy Air Force aboard the U.S.S. Wasp-CVA-18 and winding up in Korea for the duration of the war. Before coming home to the United States, Roy had to go to Vietnam to help evacuate the French forces.
After the service he became self-employed. First, he managed and operated Gee's Texaco Station in Grayson, KY until 1967. He then bought a truck and was a over the road truck driver until 1975. Roy then ran for the office of Circuit Court Clerk and served in that capacity for twenty-five years.
Survivors:
His wife Dorothy Jean Carroll Gee, a son Robert Alan Gee. Roy also has a daughter-in-law, Karen Barnhill Gee and a grandson, Chad Alan Gee.
Additional survivors include:
3 brothers, Raymond Gee of Mansfield, OH, Billy Gee of Ypsilanti, MI and Teddy Gee of Mineral Ridge, OH; 1 sister, Alice Joy Buckler of Olive Hill, KY and many nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Clayton Gee and J.C. Gee and a sister, Geraldine Tackett.
He was a Christian and a member of the Pleasant Valley Church, the Carter County Gideons which he had served as a past President, a Mason with Trimble Lodge #145, a member of V.F.W., past president of the Grayson Rotary Club, a Sunday School Superintendent for 34 years, a member of Teamsters 100 of Cincinnati, OH and 505 of Huntington, WV., the American Legion and a former member of the Grayson Chamber of Commerce.
Having served as Carter County's Friend in the Courthouse for twenty-five years, Roy was truly thankful.
Entombment in the East Carter County Mausoleum.
Graveside rites was conducted by the East Carter High School Jr. R.O.T.C.
Roy T. Gee, age 76, went to be with the Lord at his residence, following an extended illness.
He is a son of the late Willie and Stella Whitt Gee.
Mr. Gee attended school at Cory, Upper Tygart, Olive Hill High, Patuxent River, MD., Sue Bennett College and special course in bookkeeping at Atlanta, GA., plus many Judicial Seminars through out the State of Kentucky and Tennessee.
While in high school at Olive Hill, KY, Roy worked as clerk at the Olive Hill Cutrate Grocery until he was old enough to secure a driver license at which time he drove a stone truck in his spare time. Roy bought his own truck and ran his own store and gas station at the age of fifteen.
At the age of eighteen plus, Roy left home to seek his fortune at Mansfield, OH, working for Westinghouse Corporation for two and a half years. Roy came home and joined the Navy and was assigned to Navy Air Force aboard the U.S.S. Wasp-CVA-18 and winding up in Korea for the duration of the war. Before coming home to the United States, Roy had to go to Vietnam to help evacuate the French forces.
After the service he became self-employed. First, he managed and operated Gee's Texaco Station in Grayson, KY until 1967. He then bought a truck and was a over the road truck driver until 1975. Roy then ran for the office of Circuit Court Clerk and served in that capacity for twenty-five years.
Survivors:
His wife Dorothy Jean Carroll Gee, a son Robert Alan Gee. Roy also has a daughter-in-law, Karen Barnhill Gee and a grandson, Chad Alan Gee.
Additional survivors include:
3 brothers, Raymond Gee of Mansfield, OH, Billy Gee of Ypsilanti, MI and Teddy Gee of Mineral Ridge, OH; 1 sister, Alice Joy Buckler of Olive Hill, KY and many nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Clayton Gee and J.C. Gee and a sister, Geraldine Tackett.
He was a Christian and a member of the Pleasant Valley Church, the Carter County Gideons which he had served as a past President, a Mason with Trimble Lodge #145, a member of V.F.W., past president of the Grayson Rotary Club, a Sunday School Superintendent for 34 years, a member of Teamsters 100 of Cincinnati, OH and 505 of Huntington, WV., the American Legion and a former member of the Grayson Chamber of Commerce.
Having served as Carter County's Friend in the Courthouse for twenty-five years, Roy was truly thankful.
Entombment in the East Carter County Mausoleum.
Graveside rites was conducted by the East Carter High School Jr. R.O.T.C.
He is a son of the late Willie and Stella Whitt Gee.
Mr. Gee attended school at Cory, Upper Tygart, Olive Hill High, Patuxent River, MD., Sue Bennett College and special course in bookkeeping at Atlanta, GA., plus many Judicial Seminars through out the State of Kentucky and Tennessee.
While in high school at Olive Hill, KY, Roy worked as clerk at the Olive Hill Cutrate Grocery until he was old enough to secure a driver license at which time he drove a stone truck in his spare time. Roy bought his own truck and ran his own store and gas station at the age of fifteen.
At the age of eighteen plus, Roy left home to seek his fortune at Mansfield, OH, working for Westinghouse Corporation for two and a half years. Roy came home and joined the Navy and was assigned to Navy Air Force aboard the U.S.S. Wasp-CVA-18 and winding up in Korea for the duration of the war. Before coming home to the United States, Roy had to go to Vietnam to help evacuate the French forces.
After the service he became self-employed. First, he managed and operated Gee's Texaco Station in Grayson, KY until 1967. He then bought a truck and was a over the road truck driver until 1975. Roy then ran for the office of Circuit Court Clerk and served in that capacity for twenty-five years.
Survivors:
His wife Dorothy Jean Carroll Gee, a son Robert Alan Gee. Roy also has a daughter-in-law, Karen Barnhill Gee and a grandson, Chad Alan Gee.
Additional survivors include:
3 brothers, Raymond Gee of Mansfield, OH, Billy Gee of Ypsilanti, MI and Teddy Gee of Mineral Ridge, OH; 1 sister, Alice Joy Buckler of Olive Hill, KY and many nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Clayton Gee and J.C. Gee and a sister, Geraldine Tackett.
He was a Christian and a member of the Pleasant Valley Church, the Carter County Gideons which he had served as a past President, a Mason with Trimble Lodge #145, a member of V.F.W., past president of the Grayson Rotary Club, a Sunday School Superintendent for 34 years, a member of Teamsters 100 of Cincinnati, OH and 505 of Huntington, WV., the American Legion and a former member of the Grayson Chamber of Commerce.
Having served as Carter County's Friend in the Courthouse for twenty-five years, Roy was truly thankful.
Entombment in the East Carter County Mausoleum.
Graveside rites was conducted by the East Carter High School Jr. R.O.T.C.
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