CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
RUSSELL E. “Rusty Earl” Roy
Russell E. “Rusty Earl” Roy, 77, died at 7:45 a.m., Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Countryside Convalescent Home. Although he lived at the Home for seven years, he was a lifelong resident of Jamestown, Pennsylvania.
Russell was born February 7, 1936, in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, to King C. and Minnie B. Wiser Roy.
A memorial service was held for Russell on May 25th at the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church in Jamestown.
The following post is from interviews with Russ in 1997.
It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Entering Russell E. Roy’s soul, however, requires a different route.
Russell, a. k. a. Rusty and Russ, opens the window to his soul through poetic writing.
He began writing poems when his sister Alice Hoover, Mercer, asked him to write a table blessing for her bowling banquet. Although he wanted to help his sister he felt uncomfortable fulfilling her request because he opposes serving alcoholic beverages at bowling alleys. His way of helping Alice without compromising his own values was to write an appropriate allegorical poem, The Final Frame, through which he began opening the window to his soul.
Russ’s writing method is unique. He bypasses the common writing tools—pen and paper, typewriter and computer. Instead, he picks up a (more…)
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