Roy Raphael English Jr.

Jr.

Roy Raphael English, Jr., 82, passed

quietly into the arms of his Christ

and Savior, early Sunday morning,

March 7, 2017, at the West Side

Campus of Care where he had

resided for over a year.

Roy was born in Glen Rose, Texas

September 14, 1934 to Roy English,

Sr. and Bertha English. At Roy’s

request he will be cremated and

his ashes spread over the Pacific

Ocean. Request any donations in

lieu of flowers and cards be made

to the Fort Worth Oil & Gas

Library in his name. Roy was a Man

who was gentle, humorous, a gentleman,

kind, compassionate, and very intellectual.

He graduated as Valedictorian from

Glen Rose High School. He enjoyed

playing the piano and singing in that rich and

beautiful Alto in his church and other

places, and latter in life listening to Opera.

Roy moved to Fort Worth and for a few

years worked as a Clerk for the Fort Worth

and Denver Railroad. Eventually Roy

joined the Air Force and after 6 month

education at the Army Language School

became a Russian Linguist followed by a

one year assignment on Wakkanai Island

of Japan as a Radio Voice Intercept Operator.

That assignment was followed by nine more

months of Russian language education at

Syracuse University in New York. Upon

completion of those studies he declined an

invitation to remain as an Instructor and returned

to Wakkanai for another year duty. Upon

completion of his Air Force enlistment Roy attended

UT Austin where he studied Geology, his one

love paramount above his music, studying

religion from it’s roots to the present, and helping

others. Roy’s knowledge of Geology eventually led

him to a position of Librarian in the Fort Worth Oil & Gas

Library where he created a top notch, invaluable source of

Information and research to the oil & gas industry for

the last 22 years of his working life, prior to retirement

in 2015. His Library was Roy’s life, his family, his dream.

The family wishes to express their deepest appreciation

to those Friends who visited Roy in the Nursing home, to

the wonderful caring staff at West Side Campus of Care, and

the wonderful, compassionate staff of Magnolia Hospice.

Roy was preceded in death by his Father Roy, Sr., his Mother

Bertha English, and younger Brother Joe Roger English.

Survivors: Brother, George English of Fort Worth, and numerous

Nephews and Nieces in Fort Worth, North Carolina, Granbury and

other locations.

Arrangements under the direction of NEPTUNE SOCIETY - Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX.