More detail on this person: Roy Lee Henley had
a smile that could lift up your world and a laugh
that stays etched in your brain for a lifetime. A
gifted helicopter pilot, that got his start flying
as a Warrant Officer in Vietnam '68, he was every
inch an officer and a gentleman, with just enough
mischief and wit sprinkled in to keep us all in
trouble and happy about it.
He was a Dad, a husband, a business owner
(Universal Air) and an epic best friend who deeply
loved life and all the people in it. A guy who
could fix anything, right after he broke it, a
master of the butter beans, a primper of hair, a
payer of bar tabs, an over-tipper of waiters, a
celebrator of Memorial Days, late night singer of
doo wop, champion of the honey do's, buster of
balls (particularly his friend Timmy's), burner of
chiminea's (also Timmy's), avid reader of whatever
his friend Karen was reading, world traveler (with
his partner in crime Susan) and a guy who never
lost his wry sense of humor and witty banter even
up until the bitter end.
Roy passed away peacefully surrounded by his
family and friends on Veteran's Day November 11,
2016 thereby ensuring himself his own national
holiday which will from this moment forward be
referred to as Roy Henley Day. Roy is survived by
his beloved wife of 13 years, Susan, daughters
Stacy (Doyle) Mahan, Stephanie (Terry) Neal, sons
Sean (Jessica) Henley, Brett Henley, mother Lois
Henley, siblings Sandra Hines, Chris Henley, Sue
(JW) Cooper, Roberta (David) Houser, and many
loving grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended
family.
A Memorial Service in Roy's honor will be held
from 11:00 am until 2:00 on Saturday, November
26, 2016, at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 400
Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha, FL 34734.
Memorial donations may be made to the Vietnam
Veterans of America at 8719 Colesville Road,
Silver Spring, MD 20910, or online at
https://vva.org/donate or Give Kids the World, 210
S. Bass Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746, online at
https://gktw.org/donate
Arrangements under the direction of Woodlawn
Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Gotha, FL.
This information was last updated 11/16/2016
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