Roy Castleman

Roy as manager of TFB would always open up a checkout isle when he saw a pretty lady standing in line. He would also grab his dustpan and feather-duster and follow pretty ladies around the store! Roy usually was mild-tempered, but I did see him blow up onetime; The rear speaker in the back-room of the store was broken on Thanksgiving, one of the busiest days of the year, but Roy did not know it. He stormed back in room and applied a death grip on Pat Showalter who was in the back-room standing next to me and told us to get our as#$@% up front. He did apologize when he found out the speaker was broken. He also did not appreciate it when I taped pennies over his eyes in the large self-portrait of him in the front of TFB.

Did you know that… 

• …in 1962, Roy was baptized at McCormick Place in Chicago by televangelist Billy Graham, during his Crusade Tour?
• …for their only form of transportation, two weeks after Roy’s son Nate was born, Roy purchased a Corvette?….that was returned shortly after.
• …due to media blackouts, Roy subscribed to both Direct-TV and Comcast, because he didn’t want to miss a Cardinal’s game?
• …every dog Roy had was named Buddy?
• …Roy’s favorite food was the Washington Community High School pizza burger?
• …Roy never returned home from a vacation without an injury?
• …Roy has been to Las Vegas over 40 times?
• …Roy has been to all three St. Louis Cardinal’s stadiums?
• …Roy’s favorite movie is Dumb & Dumber?
• …Roy’s wardrobe contains 35 golf windbreakers, 40 pairs of sneakers and 51 baseball caps?