Roy M. Gwinn was born on the family farm south of Helena, Oklahoma, on May 16, 1928, to Louis and Alice (Rupert) Gwinn and passed away on August 26, 2024 at the age of 96.
He was the youngest of six boys. He attended rural elementary school at Highland along with his brother Claude, and they rode to school on horseback. He graduated from Helena High School in 1946. During his youth, he purchased a combine and participated in harvest along with his brother Percy. Roy commuted to college at Oklahoma A&M on his Harley Davidson and earned a degree in engineering in 1952. Two months later he entere...
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