QUARTERLY PROFILE ROY ESKEW ALBRIGHT As told to June George by Ina Mae Hardin 2-91
I was asked to write a profile on Uncle Roy, as I always heard him, called. He passed away before I was born so what I know about him is very little. I went to another source, his baby sister, Ina Mae.
Roy was born the second child of Quinn Albright and Virginia Rogers Albright on June 19th, 1906 in Benbrook, Texas. The family moved to Ft. Worth and Roy attended Arlington Heights Elementary. He quit school to go to work to help the family. He delivered groceries for his mother who at the time ran a grocery store. The family moved to 1207 Circle Park Blvd. in 1920. At this time, he worked for Western Union as a messenger boy.
When Roy was 17 years old, he joined the Navy, with his mother's permission. Roy was stationed in Pennsacola, Fla. serving as chief gunner on the Battle Ship Texas. His time in the navy was 2 years when he was dishonorably discharged for reasons as yet unknown. This information was found out by Ina Mae by accident in 1943. She was cleaning out a safe belonging to John Eskew prior to selling the safe. Ina Mae never told her mother or any other member of the family until now that he saw his papers. These papers wee left in the possession of Uncle John at the time. The whereabouts of these papers are un-known. Probably by now, they have been thrown away. Roy was known to have stayed "a while" in Florida, riding the rails back & forth from Pennsacola to Ft. Worth. During one of his trips to Florida his Ma (Virginia Albright) got a telegram saying R. E. Albright had died. In "a few" months, to their surprise, he returned alive, leaving Ina Mae to speculate about a marriage and a son, maybe had died. Ina Mae saw a picture f a pregnant girl name Ruth with Uncle Roy's papers that were in the safe. Roy was alive but not so well. He had caught a cold "riding the blinds" (hiding) on a passenger train. The cold later developed into tuberculosis.
He lived with Ina Mae and Jimmy in Oklahoma, doing very well. Thinking he was on the road to recovery, and getting home sick to see his mother, he returned to Fort, Worth. He started getting sicker and was taken to a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Sanatorium, Texas where he stayed and was dismissed in about a year.
Roy was taken home and never recovered. He died on the back porch at 1207 Blvd. on a Sunday afternoon about 2:00 in 1931. He was reading the Bible with Aunt Lillie Eskew.
Roy is buried beside his Mother and brother George at Greenwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.
I was asked to write a profile on Uncle Roy, as I always heard him, called. He passed away before I was born so what I know about him is very little. I went to another source, his baby sister, Ina Mae.
Roy was born the second child of Quinn Albright and Virginia Rogers Albright on June 19th, 1906 in Benbrook, Texas. The family moved to Ft. Worth and Roy attended Arlington Heights Elementary. He quit school to go to work to help the family. He delivered groceries for his mother who at the time ran a grocery store. The family moved to 1207 Circle Park Blvd. in 1920. At this time, he worked for Western Union as a messenger boy.
When Roy was 17 years old, he joined the Navy, with his mother's permission. Roy was stationed in Pennsacola, Fla. serving as chief gunner on the Battle Ship Texas. His time in the navy was 2 years when he was dishonorably discharged for reasons as yet unknown. This information was found out by Ina Mae by accident in 1943. She was cleaning out a safe belonging to John Eskew prior to selling the safe. Ina Mae never told her mother or any other member of the family until now that he saw his papers. These papers wee left in the possession of Uncle John at the time. The whereabouts of these papers are un-known. Probably by now, they have been thrown away. Roy was known to have stayed "a while" in Florida, riding the rails back & forth from Pennsacola to Ft. Worth. During one of his trips to Florida his Ma (Virginia Albright) got a telegram saying R. E. Albright had died. In "a few" months, to their surprise, he returned alive, leaving Ina Mae to speculate about a marriage and a son, maybe had died. Ina Mae saw a picture f a pregnant girl name Ruth with Uncle Roy's papers that were in the safe. Roy was alive but not so well. He had caught a cold "riding the blinds" (hiding) on a passenger train. The cold later developed into tuberculosis.
He lived with Ina Mae and Jimmy in Oklahoma, doing very well. Thinking he was on the road to recovery, and getting home sick to see his mother, he returned to Fort, Worth. He started getting sicker and was taken to a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Sanatorium, Texas where he stayed and was dismissed in about a year.
Roy was taken home and never recovered. He died on the back porch at 1207 Blvd. on a Sunday afternoon about 2:00 in 1931. He was reading the Bible with Aunt Lillie Eskew.
Roy is buried beside his Mother and brother George at Greenwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.
QUARTERLY PROFILE ROY ESKEW ALBRIGHT As told to June George by Ina Mae Hardin 2-91
I was asked to write a profile on Uncle Roy, as I always heard him, called. He passed away before I was born so what I know about him is very little. I went to another source, his baby sister, Ina Mae.
Roy was born the second child of Quinn Albright and Virginia Rogers Albright on June 19th, 1906 in Benbrook, Texas. The family moved to Ft. Worth and Roy attended Arlington Heights Elementary. He quit school to go to work to help the family. He delivered groceries for his mother who at the time ran a grocery store. The family moved to 1207 Circle Park Blvd. in 1920. At this time, he worked for Western Union as a messenger boy.
When Roy was 17 years old, he joined the Navy, with his mother's permission. Roy was stationed in Pennsacola, Fla. serving as chief gunner on the Battle Ship Texas. His time in the navy was 2 years when he was dishonorably discharged for reasons as yet unknown. This information was found out by Ina Mae by accident in 1943. She was cleaning out a safe belonging to John Eskew prior to selling the safe. Ina Mae never told her mother or any other member of the family until now that he saw his papers. These papers wee left in the possession of Uncle John at the time. The whereabouts of these papers are un-known. Probably by now, they have been thrown away. Roy was known to have stayed "a while" in Florida, riding the rails back & forth from Pennsacola to Ft. Worth. During one of his trips to Florida his Ma (Virginia Albright) got a telegram saying R. E. Albright had died. In "a few" months, to their surprise, he returned alive, leaving Ina Mae to speculate about a marriage and a son, maybe had died. Ina Mae saw a picture f a pregnant girl name Ruth with Uncle Roy's papers that were in the safe. Roy was alive but not so well. He had caught a cold "riding the blinds" (hiding) on a passenger train. The cold later developed into tuberculosis.
He lived with Ina Mae and Jimmy in Oklahoma, doing very well. Thinking he was on the road to recovery, and getting home sick to see his mother, he returned to Fort, Worth. He started getting sicker and was taken to a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Sanatorium, Texas where he stayed and was dismissed in about a year.
Roy was taken home and never recovered. He died on the back porch at 1207 Blvd. on a Sunday afternoon about 2:00 in 1931. He was reading the Bible with Aunt Lillie Eskew.
Roy is buried beside his Mother and brother George at Greenwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.
I was asked to write a profile on Uncle Roy, as I always heard him, called. He passed away before I was born so what I know about him is very little. I went to another source, his baby sister, Ina Mae.
Roy was born the second child of Quinn Albright and Virginia Rogers Albright on June 19th, 1906 in Benbrook, Texas. The family moved to Ft. Worth and Roy attended Arlington Heights Elementary. He quit school to go to work to help the family. He delivered groceries for his mother who at the time ran a grocery store. The family moved to 1207 Circle Park Blvd. in 1920. At this time, he worked for Western Union as a messenger boy.
When Roy was 17 years old, he joined the Navy, with his mother's permission. Roy was stationed in Pennsacola, Fla. serving as chief gunner on the Battle Ship Texas. His time in the navy was 2 years when he was dishonorably discharged for reasons as yet unknown. This information was found out by Ina Mae by accident in 1943. She was cleaning out a safe belonging to John Eskew prior to selling the safe. Ina Mae never told her mother or any other member of the family until now that he saw his papers. These papers wee left in the possession of Uncle John at the time. The whereabouts of these papers are un-known. Probably by now, they have been thrown away. Roy was known to have stayed "a while" in Florida, riding the rails back & forth from Pennsacola to Ft. Worth. During one of his trips to Florida his Ma (Virginia Albright) got a telegram saying R. E. Albright had died. In "a few" months, to their surprise, he returned alive, leaving Ina Mae to speculate about a marriage and a son, maybe had died. Ina Mae saw a picture f a pregnant girl name Ruth with Uncle Roy's papers that were in the safe. Roy was alive but not so well. He had caught a cold "riding the blinds" (hiding) on a passenger train. The cold later developed into tuberculosis.
He lived with Ina Mae and Jimmy in Oklahoma, doing very well. Thinking he was on the road to recovery, and getting home sick to see his mother, he returned to Fort, Worth. He started getting sicker and was taken to a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Sanatorium, Texas where he stayed and was dismissed in about a year.
Roy was taken home and never recovered. He died on the back porch at 1207 Blvd. on a Sunday afternoon about 2:00 in 1931. He was reading the Bible with Aunt Lillie Eskew.
Roy is buried beside his Mother and brother George at Greenwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.
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