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​Roy Roxford McMain was born to the late Naval McMain and Martha Johnson farmer and home maker, respectively, in the parish of St Catherine, Jamaica, West Indies in November 1937.

He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a farmer.  

Roy married Elfreda Green and their union produced four children. In later years, when that union ended,  he married Myrtle Allen who preceded him in death in 2016.

His hard work and his desire to improve his quality of life and to provide better opportunities for his family, led him to the United States where he continued working as a farmer. He subsequently transitioned to working for the Florida East Coast Railroad where he later became a foreman and remained there until he retired in 2002

Although Roy grew up under the influence of his highly religious mother, it was not until much later in life that he embraced his mother’s christian faith and became a Seventh-Day Adventist. He attended church regularly, showed love for loved the members and did whatever he could to help whenever there was a need.  

He will be missed by those who loved him.

Roy is survived by his children Kenneth, Lilieth, Verone, Marshall, Keston;  Stepson Collin and step daughter in law Althea; grandchildren; great grandchildren; brothers Franklyn and Lloyd; sister Lola; many nieces and nephews.