Royal “Roy or Sonny” Wallace Fyfe Jr., of Beaufort, passed away on Wednesday, March
11, 2026, in Beaufort. Son of Royal Wallace Fyfe Sr. and Sophie Adele
Pinckney Fyfe, Roy was born May 20 th , 1932, in Walterboro, since there was
no hospital in Beaufort at the time, and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina.
He graduated from Beaufort High School in 1950. Upon graduating from the
Citadel in 1954, he took a commission in the United States Active Army
Reserve and married Margaret “Marnie” Sams Fuller. He retired from the
U.S. Army in 1974, returning to Beaufort.
During his career, Lt. Col. Fyfe was the only commissioned officer to be
trained to repair the Minute Man missile. He was assigned as Small Arms
Advisor to the King of Thailand and commanded a light infantry regiment
during the Thet offensive. During the end of the Viet Nam War, he was
Commander of Southeast Asia Theater Field Calibration Agency.
After retiring from active military service, intending to only fish and golf, he
then worked with his uncle at Roger Pinckney, Engineer/Contractor,
building docks. He was Deputy Coroner under Roger Pinckney, as well. Roy
assisted at Gun Town as a gunsmith. He was Firearms Instructor and a
Sergeant for Port Royal Department of Public Safety, instrumental in getting
the Port Royal officers into the state retirement system. He began an
ammunition company. Roy was a member of Lion’s Club, Amvets and
volunteered for twenty years as a “Vision” for the CAPA Ghost Tours.
Roy was preceded in death by his loving wife. He is survived by his
children; Elizabeth Pinckney Fyfe Hendrix (John), Royal Wallace Fyfe III,
Margaret “Meg” Sams Fyfe Trimmer, and William Fuller Fyfe;
grandchildren; Rebekah Fraser Hendrix, Adele Renee Trimmer Miranda
(Nicholas), Margaret Elizabeth (Beth) Trimmer Woodward (Tony), Mary
Aletha Trimmer Karcher (Jake), Brian Harry Trimmer Jr. (Kira), 12 great-
grandchildren, his sister, Marjorie Ellen Fyfe Hill (Phil), her three children;
Robert Clifton Hill (Robin), Judith Lynne Hill Lecture (Rick), Thomas Alan
Hill (Michele); her six grandchildren and her seven great-grandchildren. Roy
is also survived by a plethora of Pinckney cousins.
Funeral service will be held at St. Helena Anglican Church on Friday, April
17, 2026 at 2 p.m. Reception following in the parish hall.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to CAPA,
Tunnel to Towers Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.