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Roy Edward “'Mr. Roy'” Kenaston

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Roy Edward “'Mr. Roy'” Kenaston

Birth
Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska, USA
Death
5 Jul 1948 (aged 73)
East Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Roy Edward Kenaston was born at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska on New Years Day of 1875. He was the youngest of 13 children born to Dr James Augustus Kenaston & Carolyn Scanland Kenaston. The family relocated to Ainsworth, Brown County in Northern Nebraska when he was 8 years-old. His mother died four years later and his father soon remarried. In 1890 Roy moved with his father, new step-mother and brother Hampton Ray to Tennessee where his brother enrolled in medical college. At the tender age of 15 Roy took his first job as a delivery boy for the George E. Roberts Grocery Store in East Chattanooga where he made his delivery's in a horse drawn wagon. Eventually he worked up to clerk and assistant postmaster where he was affectionately known as "Mr. Roy" to the local folks. He continued in the grocery business for the next 51 years retiring in 1941. In 1897 he married Miss Francis 'Fannie' Murrey. They celebrated their Golden wedding Anniversary in 1947. For most of their married life they lived in the same house at 2424 Campbell Street in East Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Fannie & Roy had three children but unfortunately none survived to adulthood. In 1941 he retired and the local newspaper wrote a short biographical article on the oldest grocer in the Chattanooga area. He died July 5, 1948 and was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery at 2013 Greenwood Rd Chattanooga, TN 37406. Fannie survied him by 14 years dying in 1962.
Written by his grand niece, Judy Kenaston Warren
Roy Edward Kenaston was born at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska on New Years Day of 1875. He was the youngest of 13 children born to Dr James Augustus Kenaston & Carolyn Scanland Kenaston. The family relocated to Ainsworth, Brown County in Northern Nebraska when he was 8 years-old. His mother died four years later and his father soon remarried. In 1890 Roy moved with his father, new step-mother and brother Hampton Ray to Tennessee where his brother enrolled in medical college. At the tender age of 15 Roy took his first job as a delivery boy for the George E. Roberts Grocery Store in East Chattanooga where he made his delivery's in a horse drawn wagon. Eventually he worked up to clerk and assistant postmaster where he was affectionately known as "Mr. Roy" to the local folks. He continued in the grocery business for the next 51 years retiring in 1941. In 1897 he married Miss Francis 'Fannie' Murrey. They celebrated their Golden wedding Anniversary in 1947. For most of their married life they lived in the same house at 2424 Campbell Street in East Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Fannie & Roy had three children but unfortunately none survived to adulthood. In 1941 he retired and the local newspaper wrote a short biographical article on the oldest grocer in the Chattanooga area. He died July 5, 1948 and was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery at 2013 Greenwood Rd Chattanooga, TN 37406. Fannie survied him by 14 years dying in 1962.
Written by his grand niece, Judy Kenaston Warren

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