Local businessman, property owner/manager, former instructor, civil servant, and military veteran Roy E. Hendrix died September 1, 2023 at the age of 87. He was a self-made man with a sense of humor and concern for the community. Roy loved cooking, reading, traveling and gardening. Amazing community projects that Roy sponsored include a dormitory at Virginia Wesleyan University, where he served as a trustee; an outdoor program area at the Virginia Aquarium; refurbished churches in Portsmouth, VA and Portal, GA; The Roy E. Hendrix Business Center at Slover Library in response to COVID conditions; and a resident room at the new Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads.
Roy adopted several dogs from the Virginia Beach SPCA and always named them “Prissy.” He served as a board member and president of the Little Theater of Norfolk and enjoyed food, fellowship and friends with the German Society. Roy was a graduate of Old Dominion University.
He leaves behind his nephew, Robert Hendrix and wife Tina, and a cousin, Joy Sawyer, and friends Fred Livermon, Francine Deir, and Lynn Clements. Thank you to the staff at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Assisted Living and Westminster-Canterbury at Home Hospice Care.
In typical Roy fashion, there will be no service as he wanted no fuss, and no bother.
