Royce Nicks

Royce Taylor Nicks, 78, of Troy passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at Tennessee State Veterans’ Home in Humboldt.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at White-Mahon Funeral Home, with Bro. Jimmy Smith officiating. Visitation was held from 9 a.m. until the hour of services Saturday at the funeral home. Burial followed in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Pallbearers were James, Jeff and Stacey Nicks, Jim Robertson, Nickey Sadler and Gene Clark. Glen Rudd, Calvin Odell, David Lee, Hollis Woody and Jerry Grady served as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Nicks was born in Union City on June 12, 1944, to the late Jim Nicks and the late Verna Mae Abbott Nicks. He married Charlotte Robinson Nicks on Jan. 29, 1979. She survives. He graduated from Obion County Central High School in 1962 and then joined the Navy. After the Navy, he began his carpentry career where he built many homes in the area. Other than woodworking over the years, Mr. Nicks enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing and gunsmithing.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Nicks is survived by two daughters, Jenny Houston and her husband, Jim Coy, of Dyersburg and Missy Lynch of Medina; his son, Brandon Nicks of Troy; two stepsons, Jason Arnold of Dyer and Robbie Graves and his wife, Kim, of Jackson; his grandchildren, Addison and Corbin Lynch, Abbott, Lynnlee and Cora Houston, Samuel and Rachel Graves and Lucas Arnold; his brother, James Nicks and his wife, Anita, of Troy; and his sister, Rebecca Long of Union City.
Mr. Nicks was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister, Nancy Fitz.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published in The Messenger 8.23.22.