Royce Floyd Henry

Royce Floyd Henry, age 87, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Friday morning, November 1, 2024 at his home.

Floyd was born July 23, 1937 in Somerville, the son of the late Joseph Calvin Henry and Mary Belle Taylor Henry. He was employed with Fulton Insulation Company for 30 years and Dowdy’s House Moving for 20 years before his retirement in 2009. Floyd enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding on back roads, playing lottery tickets, watching westerns on tv and sitting on his front porch. Floyd was known in his neighborhood as the “neighborhood watch patrol”.

Mr. Henry is survived by two daughters, Heather “Peanut” Henry and Shelia Sipes (David); two stepsons, Donald Jones and Anthony Perkey; six grandchildren, Justin Campbell (Jessica), Lauren Campbell (Austin Arthur), Johnathan Campbell, Leanna Henry, Olivia Gonzalez, Ana Gonzalez, Patrick Sipes (Taylor) and Christie Sipes; his sister-in-law, Carol Henry; his brother-in-law, Gary Perkins; and eleven great-grandchildren, Connor, Makynlee, JaColby, Kyler, Clara, Chloe, Carson, Knoxx, Graelon, Bayleigh and Bryleigh.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Henry Pearson and Frances Christine Henry Perkins and four brothers, Franklin Eugene Henry, James A. Henry, Royand Lloyd Henry (his twin brother) and Harry Roberson.

Funeral Services for Mr. Henry were held at 2 P.M. Thursday, November 7, 2024 at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville with Terry Logan officiating. Interment followed in Liberty Cemetery at Laconia.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers were Johnathan Campbell, Justin Campbell, Anthony Perkey, Nick Brown, Donald Jones, Austin Arthur and Carl Brown.

The family requests that memorials be directed to Liberty Baptist Church, 6140 Old Jackson Road, Somerville, TN 38068.