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7 Best friends in life and marriage The Roys have been a team since high school. For then-16- year-old Bobby, it was love at first sight. He was drinking from the school water fountain when he spied Lynelle. "The first time I saw her, my heart flipped upside down," Bobby said about his wife. "We were in typing class together, and that's when I met her. I said, 'That girl likes this old country boy.'" Aer aending the Alabama State Fair, they were always together. The Roys married on Christmas Eve 60 years ago. Lynelle is involved in whatever Bobby does, and that includes serving the community. "I enjoy it – whatever he's into, I'm into," she said. "If he's involved in Energizers, I'm right there with him. I've got lots of friends in the Energizers. "We're together constantly, and we enjoy each other's company," she said. "I can't imagine life without him. He told me once, 'I want you to be my shadow.'" Her husband wouldn't have it any other way. "I love her so much," Bobby said. "She is my bestest friend." Stay strong and persevere Bobby is known for being a go-geer, and has a tenacious spirit. That's how he won a job at Alabama Power more than 50 years ago. In 1963, Bobby was about 30 years old and working at a car parts business on Madison and Bibb streets in Montgomery. He was a family man, and made $1.65 an hour. Every day during his lunch hour, he'd walk about eight blocks to the Alabama Power Crew Headquarters on Dexter Avenue and inquire about a job. He'd spend a few minutes talking with E.K. Wilson. This continued for two years. "Monday through Friday, I'd ask for a job," Bobby said. "I bothered E.K. by coming to him every day. He finally told Mr. Beasley, 'I want you to hire him. He's been aggravating me.'" Aer two years, Bobby was hired as an apprentice. "Every time I'd run into Mr. Wilson, he'd start dying laughing," Bobby said. "I'd say, 'You remember me, don't you?'" Bobby was thrilled to get the job. "E.K. gave me the break of my life," Bobby said. "When Bobby Roy builds birdhouses in his garage.