Roy M. Releford, Jr.

ROY M. RELEFORD JR. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FEBRUARY 5, 2023, WITH HIS DEVOTED WIFE BY HIS SIDE. HE WAS BORN TO HIS PARENTS ROY M. RELEFORD SR. AND CHARLEAN (THOMAS) RELEFORD ON DECEMBER 2, 1950. HE HAD 3 SISTERS AND WAS THE PROTECTOR OF HIS FAMILY FROM AN EARLY AGE.

ROY MET HIS FUTURE WIFE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IN 1973 ON A VISIT TO BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, THEY MET AGAIN, HAD AN INSTANT CONNECTION AND NEVER SEPARATED. IN 1981 ROY AND MARJEAN MARRIED AND ENJOYED 41 YEARS TOGETHER. ROY WAS A ROMANTIC AND PLANNED ELABORATE DATES AND SURPRISE TRIPS. HE WAS A GIFTED MUSICIAN, SINGER AND WRITER OF POETRY. HIS FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC WAS JAZZ, ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE 6 TH TEMPTATION. ROY ALSO WORKED WONDERS IN THE KITCHEN AND ON THE GRILL.

ROY WAS EMPLOYED FOR OVER 23 YEARS AS A COMPUTERIZED METER TECH. ROY WAS ALSO KNOW AS BROTHER, BIG R OR BIG PAPA. HE WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND ALSO THE PITTSBURG STEELERS. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS AND ALL THINGS TECH WERE ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PAST TIMES.

HE AND HIS WIFE LOVED THE LORD. ROY ACCEPTED THE LORD AT AN EARLY AGE AT ST. JAMES HOLLINESS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST. ROY PRAYED DAILY. HIS FAVORITE SCRIPTURE WAS JOHN 3:16. HE ATTENDED JESUP W SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL, (ONCE A BULLDOG, ALWAYS A BULLDOG) WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS BOY’S CHOIRS, THE SYMPHONIC CHOIR AND THE BAND. ROY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1969. AFTERWARD, HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO. ROY WAS A MASON, AND THE MASTER OF AMAZON LODGE #4. HE WAS ALSO A SHRINER.

IN 1989, TO EVERYONE’S SURPRISE (INCLUDING HIS), ROY DELIVERED A PERFECT BABY GIRL, HIS DAUGHTER JASMINE, AT A HOME BIRTH.

LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES ARE HIS WIFE MARJEAN RELEFORD; HIS SON, ROY M. RELFORD III; HIS DAUGHTER, JASMINE D. RELEFORD; HIS NIECE-DAUGHTER, CINNAMON J. CARR; SIBLINGS, MONA (GARY) DAUGHERTY, DENISE(GREGORY) STURDIVANT, ALESIA A. RELEFORD SPRUCE; MOTHER-IN-LAW, MAMIE BELL; SISTER-IN-LAW, JOANNE BELL-CARR; NIECES LISA S. DAUGHERTY, JEHAN E. DAUGHERTY, KAREN (RON) WARREN; NEPHEWS TONY (LAQUITA) SPRUCE, DEVON A. STURDIVANT; ONE SURVIVING AUNT, BERTHA L. GILLARD AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH ARE HIS PARENTS, ROY M. RELEFORD SR, CHARLENE(THOMAS) RELEFORD AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, OSCAR L. BELL.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE WELCOME FOR A TIME OF VISITATION ON FEBRUARY 17, 2023, FROM 4 PM – 6 PM AT THE WALKER FUNERAL HOME (5155 W SYLVANIA AVE) WITH A CELEBRATION OF ROY’S LIFE BEGINNING AT 6 PM-7 PM. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION TO THE CHERRY STREET MISSION OR ST. JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL.