Royce Leon Williams

Royce Leon WilliamsDaingerfield- Funeral services for Royce Leon Williams, 84, of Daingerfield will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Nail-Haggard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Gilliam officiating.Burial will be in the Daingerfield Cemetery.He was born December 16, 1927 in Daingerfield and passed peacefully on Friday, July 13, 2012, after a month long battle with pneumonia.Royce was preceded in death by his parents, "Dud" and Lucille Williams, sisters, Miriam Williams and Ima Jean Scroggins, nephew, Michael Scroggins. He was also preceded in death by the love of his life, Bennie Dacus Williams, who died in 2008. Royce was a lifetime resident and retired local businessman. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. Royce and Bennie met when they were in junior high and were married in 1949, when she was 20 and he was 21. It was a true love story. He was in the Army and was stationed in Korea in 1946 and 1947, and they married after his return. They spent 59 years together.Royce was in the home building business and also was the owner of H. L. Williams Lumber Company, which his dad began in 1919. He built beautiful homes locally during the 1960's, 70's and 80's. He loved to play golf and bowl, with Bennie right along side of him...Through the years, he was involved in all of the local organizations, even though he was a private person, and was happy just being with his family.He is survived by a son, Keith Williams of Cabazon, Ca.; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Leland Wommack of Lone Star; grandsons, Levi Wommack of Austin and Cody Wommack of Lone Star; sister-in-laws, Barbara Dacus Wadlington of Lone Star, Elizabeth Dacus Shrum of Tyler; brother-in-law and wife, Don and Harriet Dacus of Jacksonville, Tx.; 14 nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews and his little friend, Rocky.Pallbearers will be his nephews, Blake Neely, Kent Dacus, Greg Dacus, Grant Dacus, Rex Dacus and Don Holman.Family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity.