Roy W Willett and his sister Hariett Willett Simonson, born in Michigan, are the children of Elmer Ellsworth Willett and Sarah Melissa Pincombe. The family relocated to Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Alabama and it was here the children spent their childhood and most the rest of their lives.
Roy married Sarah Scott in 1926 who was born in Frankville, Washington County Alabama. They were loving parents to (6) Children, including a set of twin boys.
Roy died in in 1976 and was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bayou La Batre, the town he called home since childhood. Sarah lived another (13) years, passing in 1990. She was laid to rest at the side of the man she dearly loved for 65 years. . . . . (jgkeeney1)
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"He was the best" contributed by a loving Grand-daughter:
Roy William Willett, 2 Sept 1904 Bad Axe, Michigan-12 May 1976 (died of a heart attack). He was born in Michigan and died in Mobile, Alabama. He is buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery located outside of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. He moved to Bayou La Batre with his parents when he was very young (1910). He worked at different jobs: farm laborer on his father's farm, beekeeper, seafood industry, making ice cream, and sheet metal worker at Brookley Field AFB, Mobile , Al. He started his own sheet metal shop in Bayou La Batre located on Railroad Street after Brookley closed down in the 1960s. He was a very good sheet metal worker and built items for the shrimp boats and industries in Bayou La Batre. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge and acted as secretary several times.
He was the best grandpa. I remember the highlight of our trips home was riding in the back of his truck to go to the city dump. He would let us hang out at his sheet metal shop and use his tools to make things out of the scraps. He took us fishing, hunting and berry picking. I remember when my Uncle got his motorcycle and Grandpa rode it and wanted one. Grandma refuse to let him have one. Instead at the age of 69 he got his Student pilot's license. He liked opera music and he could build anything. He had a garden and we would help him with it (mainly picking and eating what we could). He hardly ever got mad at us. We knew the rules.
I really miss him.
Joy Willett
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The Tin Man, "the greatest man on earth" a Son's story about the Father he loved and respected:
From the title you might think that this is about Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz but no, it is about the greatest man I have ever know on this earth. Roy Willett, our father was the hardest working man I know. He worked two jobs to provide for his family and to insure that we never did without the necessaties of life. The younger kids got more than the older ones but that was just the way life was. When the twins, Arnold and Donald left home there we only two kids left, Barbara Jean and myself so what money we had went further. Dad wanted to make sure that we had an education and learned the rules of life so that we would have a better life than he and mother had. He taught us to be honest to a fault, to live an ethical life and to treat everyone with respect regardless of their position in society. He and mom loved to come to where ever we were stationed, in the states for vacation. One of my favorite photos is of him sitting on the lawn in Layfette Park across from the White House. My wish was for him to be at my college graduation but he died in May of 1976 and I graduated in Aug. of that year.
Where does the title come to play, well he was a tin man his whole life. He worked at the shipyard building ships during WWII and then went to work for the government at the air base in Mobile doing sheetmetal work. There was nothing he couldn't make out of metal. Although he didn't finish school he had an increditable aptitude for math. I am sure there is a lot more I can say about our dad and as a thought comes to mind I will add it to his story. I am sure that when he met God that God said that he was a good and honorable person, Welcome!
by: Roy Scott Willett
Roy married Sarah Scott in 1926 who was born in Frankville, Washington County Alabama. They were loving parents to (6) Children, including a set of twin boys.
Roy died in in 1976 and was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bayou La Batre, the town he called home since childhood. Sarah lived another (13) years, passing in 1990. She was laid to rest at the side of the man she dearly loved for 65 years. . . . . (jgkeeney1)
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"He was the best" contributed by a loving Grand-daughter:
Roy William Willett, 2 Sept 1904 Bad Axe, Michigan-12 May 1976 (died of a heart attack). He was born in Michigan and died in Mobile, Alabama. He is buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery located outside of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. He moved to Bayou La Batre with his parents when he was very young (1910). He worked at different jobs: farm laborer on his father's farm, beekeeper, seafood industry, making ice cream, and sheet metal worker at Brookley Field AFB, Mobile , Al. He started his own sheet metal shop in Bayou La Batre located on Railroad Street after Brookley closed down in the 1960s. He was a very good sheet metal worker and built items for the shrimp boats and industries in Bayou La Batre. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge and acted as secretary several times.
He was the best grandpa. I remember the highlight of our trips home was riding in the back of his truck to go to the city dump. He would let us hang out at his sheet metal shop and use his tools to make things out of the scraps. He took us fishing, hunting and berry picking. I remember when my Uncle got his motorcycle and Grandpa rode it and wanted one. Grandma refuse to let him have one. Instead at the age of 69 he got his Student pilot's license. He liked opera music and he could build anything. He had a garden and we would help him with it (mainly picking and eating what we could). He hardly ever got mad at us. We knew the rules.
I really miss him.
Joy Willett
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The Tin Man, "the greatest man on earth" a Son's story about the Father he loved and respected:
From the title you might think that this is about Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz but no, it is about the greatest man I have ever know on this earth. Roy Willett, our father was the hardest working man I know. He worked two jobs to provide for his family and to insure that we never did without the necessaties of life. The younger kids got more than the older ones but that was just the way life was. When the twins, Arnold and Donald left home there we only two kids left, Barbara Jean and myself so what money we had went further. Dad wanted to make sure that we had an education and learned the rules of life so that we would have a better life than he and mother had. He taught us to be honest to a fault, to live an ethical life and to treat everyone with respect regardless of their position in society. He and mom loved to come to where ever we were stationed, in the states for vacation. One of my favorite photos is of him sitting on the lawn in Layfette Park across from the White House. My wish was for him to be at my college graduation but he died in May of 1976 and I graduated in Aug. of that year.
Where does the title come to play, well he was a tin man his whole life. He worked at the shipyard building ships during WWII and then went to work for the government at the air base in Mobile doing sheetmetal work. There was nothing he couldn't make out of metal. Although he didn't finish school he had an increditable aptitude for math. I am sure there is a lot more I can say about our dad and as a thought comes to mind I will add it to his story. I am sure that when he met God that God said that he was a good and honorable person, Welcome!
by: Roy Scott Willett
Roy W Willett and his sister Hariett Willett Simonson, born in Michigan, are the children of Elmer Ellsworth Willett and Sarah Melissa Pincombe. The family relocated to Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Alabama and it was here the children spent their childhood and most the rest of their lives.
Roy married Sarah Scott in 1926 who was born in Frankville, Washington County Alabama. They were loving parents to (6) Children, including a set of twin boys.
Roy died in in 1976 and was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bayou La Batre, the town he called home since childhood. Sarah lived another (13) years, passing in 1990. She was laid to rest at the side of the man she dearly loved for 65 years. . . . . (jgkeeney1)
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"He was the best" contributed by a loving Grand-daughter:
Roy William Willett, 2 Sept 1904 Bad Axe, Michigan-12 May 1976 (died of a heart attack). He was born in Michigan and died in Mobile, Alabama. He is buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery located outside of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. He moved to Bayou La Batre with his parents when he was very young (1910). He worked at different jobs: farm laborer on his father's farm, beekeeper, seafood industry, making ice cream, and sheet metal worker at Brookley Field AFB, Mobile , Al. He started his own sheet metal shop in Bayou La Batre located on Railroad Street after Brookley closed down in the 1960s. He was a very good sheet metal worker and built items for the shrimp boats and industries in Bayou La Batre. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge and acted as secretary several times.
He was the best grandpa. I remember the highlight of our trips home was riding in the back of his truck to go to the city dump. He would let us hang out at his sheet metal shop and use his tools to make things out of the scraps. He took us fishing, hunting and berry picking. I remember when my Uncle got his motorcycle and Grandpa rode it and wanted one. Grandma refuse to let him have one. Instead at the age of 69 he got his Student pilot's license. He liked opera music and he could build anything. He had a garden and we would help him with it (mainly picking and eating what we could). He hardly ever got mad at us. We knew the rules.
I really miss him.
Joy Willett
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The Tin Man, "the greatest man on earth" a Son's story about the Father he loved and respected:
From the title you might think that this is about Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz but no, it is about the greatest man I have ever know on this earth. Roy Willett, our father was the hardest working man I know. He worked two jobs to provide for his family and to insure that we never did without the necessaties of life. The younger kids got more than the older ones but that was just the way life was. When the twins, Arnold and Donald left home there we only two kids left, Barbara Jean and myself so what money we had went further. Dad wanted to make sure that we had an education and learned the rules of life so that we would have a better life than he and mother had. He taught us to be honest to a fault, to live an ethical life and to treat everyone with respect regardless of their position in society. He and mom loved to come to where ever we were stationed, in the states for vacation. One of my favorite photos is of him sitting on the lawn in Layfette Park across from the White House. My wish was for him to be at my college graduation but he died in May of 1976 and I graduated in Aug. of that year.
Where does the title come to play, well he was a tin man his whole life. He worked at the shipyard building ships during WWII and then went to work for the government at the air base in Mobile doing sheetmetal work. There was nothing he couldn't make out of metal. Although he didn't finish school he had an increditable aptitude for math. I am sure there is a lot more I can say about our dad and as a thought comes to mind I will add it to his story. I am sure that when he met God that God said that he was a good and honorable person, Welcome!
by: Roy Scott Willett
Roy married Sarah Scott in 1926 who was born in Frankville, Washington County Alabama. They were loving parents to (6) Children, including a set of twin boys.
Roy died in in 1976 and was interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Bayou La Batre, the town he called home since childhood. Sarah lived another (13) years, passing in 1990. She was laid to rest at the side of the man she dearly loved for 65 years. . . . . (jgkeeney1)
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"He was the best" contributed by a loving Grand-daughter:
Roy William Willett, 2 Sept 1904 Bad Axe, Michigan-12 May 1976 (died of a heart attack). He was born in Michigan and died in Mobile, Alabama. He is buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery located outside of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. He moved to Bayou La Batre with his parents when he was very young (1910). He worked at different jobs: farm laborer on his father's farm, beekeeper, seafood industry, making ice cream, and sheet metal worker at Brookley Field AFB, Mobile , Al. He started his own sheet metal shop in Bayou La Batre located on Railroad Street after Brookley closed down in the 1960s. He was a very good sheet metal worker and built items for the shrimp boats and industries in Bayou La Batre. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge and acted as secretary several times.
He was the best grandpa. I remember the highlight of our trips home was riding in the back of his truck to go to the city dump. He would let us hang out at his sheet metal shop and use his tools to make things out of the scraps. He took us fishing, hunting and berry picking. I remember when my Uncle got his motorcycle and Grandpa rode it and wanted one. Grandma refuse to let him have one. Instead at the age of 69 he got his Student pilot's license. He liked opera music and he could build anything. He had a garden and we would help him with it (mainly picking and eating what we could). He hardly ever got mad at us. We knew the rules.
I really miss him.
Joy Willett
................................
The Tin Man, "the greatest man on earth" a Son's story about the Father he loved and respected:
From the title you might think that this is about Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz but no, it is about the greatest man I have ever know on this earth. Roy Willett, our father was the hardest working man I know. He worked two jobs to provide for his family and to insure that we never did without the necessaties of life. The younger kids got more than the older ones but that was just the way life was. When the twins, Arnold and Donald left home there we only two kids left, Barbara Jean and myself so what money we had went further. Dad wanted to make sure that we had an education and learned the rules of life so that we would have a better life than he and mother had. He taught us to be honest to a fault, to live an ethical life and to treat everyone with respect regardless of their position in society. He and mom loved to come to where ever we were stationed, in the states for vacation. One of my favorite photos is of him sitting on the lawn in Layfette Park across from the White House. My wish was for him to be at my college graduation but he died in May of 1976 and I graduated in Aug. of that year.
Where does the title come to play, well he was a tin man his whole life. He worked at the shipyard building ships during WWII and then went to work for the government at the air base in Mobile doing sheetmetal work. There was nothing he couldn't make out of metal. Although he didn't finish school he had an increditable aptitude for math. I am sure there is a lot more I can say about our dad and as a thought comes to mind I will add it to his story. I am sure that when he met God that God said that he was a good and honorable person, Welcome!
by: Roy Scott Willett
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