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- [S2927] Find a Grave, 27 December 2018; Roy Vee Baskin.
Roy V. Baskin died Nov. 6, 2015, after a brief illness. He died of pulmonary complications.
He was born March 1, 1949, in Odessa, Texas. He attended Permian High School and graduated in 1967.
Roy’s mom, Mattie V. Baskin, always insisted that he be addressed as Roy V. because his father’s name also was Roy.
He moved to Alaska in 1981, or sometime there about, and applied his welding skills in the oil fields on the North Slope.
Roy was an outdoorsman and adventurer and a staunch camper, living at times in his homemade tepee and later a geodesic dome house in Homer. Roy also was an excellent swimmer, always able to find a place to swim laps or long distance swimming in the ocean.
In 1989 or there about, he moved to Hawaii’s Big Island where he managed a coffee plantation and sold real estate before moving to live in Hua Hin, Thailand, where he was married in 2000.
He is survived by his wife, Wan Phen , and two daughters, Metavee and May.
“May he rest in peace,” his family said.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for Roy Vee Baskin (1 Mar 1949–6 Nov 2015), Find A Grave Memorial no. 157293979, ; Maintained by Paula (contributor 47598339) Unknown.
- [S2927] Find a Grave, 27 December 2018; Henry Lee Roy Baskin.
Henry Lee Roy Baskin was born near Gorman, Texas in the Jewell community on January 19, 1893 to James Willis and Sarah Jeanette Bennett Baskin. He had four sisters & three brothers who reached adulthood. He married Myrtle Louise Clement, another teacher, and they had a daughter, Vashti Faxie & identical twin sons; H.L. & M. L.
Roy & Myrtle taught school in Gorman & then Olden (1923-1924). In 1924 they moved to Ranger, where Roy was a teacher & principal at Cooper Elementary School in the 1930's. Then he became the Dean of Ranger Junior College for eight years. In 1936, Myrtle passed away at the age of 40. In 1937 he received his master's degree from the University of Texas, where his thesis was on the History of Ranger Junior College.
After leaving Ranger, he taught for a year at Kermit High School, then moved to Odessa & met and married Mattie V. McCuistion, an elementary school teacher and the librarian of the First Baptist Church.
Roy and five other educators started Odessa College & he was one of the original six professors there when it was established in 1946. He served as the first registrar of the college & taught history & government until ill health forced his retirement. Roy suffered a heart attack & died a year later at age 63, at home in Odessa. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens beside his wife, Mattie V., who died in 2000.
In 1968, the original building at the college was named Baskin Hall in his honor. It was later called the H.L. Roy Baskin Physical Science Building. In 2005, it was demolished because of asbestos contamination & structural damage.
Roy & Mattie V. had a son, Roy Vee Baskin. He lives in Thailand with his wife Wanphen and two daughters, Tarinya and Metavee Baskin.
Bio by Roy & Mike Baskin.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for Henry Lee “Boots” Roy Baskin (19 Jan 1893–22 Sep 1956), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25011757, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by rvb (contributor 48278792) .
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