He accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior in August of 1973, uniting with Foothill Missionary Baptist Church, and was baptized as a public confession of faith in Christ by the Late Reverend Holly.
Asa very young child he had exceptional athlete abilities and participated in baseball, basketball, track and field. Roy loved, cherished and amplified football and was a co-finder of a game called "Mitt Ball". Roy earned a Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice degree and graduated from California State University Hayward.