Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Victory Heights Pentecostal Church for Mr. Royce Darrell Hendry, age 81, of Ovett, who passed away on January 21, 2020, at Pineview Healthcare Center.
Bro. Colon Rowell will officiate with Micah Hendry and James Hendry as speakers. Pallbearers will be Laverne Crocker, E.J. Dennis, Jimmy McLain, Jay Dennis, James Meadows and Bob Hawkins. Bud West, Leroy Hampton and Thomas Wayne Williford will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Hendry was preceded in death by his parents, Erston and Mary Helen Hendry; grandson, Phillip Hendry; brother, Dean Hendry; sister, Mary Elizabeth Sims.
He is survived by his wife, Talitha Hendry of Ovett; sons, James (Susan) Hendry of Taylorsville, Micah (Glenda) Hendry of Ovett; daughter, Anna (Richard) Miller of Tampa, FL; grandchildren, Ashton (Terry) Laurent, Courtney Lee, Alexandria (Zachary) Burns, Emily Miller; great-grandchildren, Benjamin Burns, Colin Burns; brothers, Milton (Beth) Hendry of Crystal River, FL, Ricky (Deana) Jackson of Columbus, IN.
Mr. Hendry was a member of the First Baptist Church in Laurel. He was a pharmaceutical sales rep. with the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company for 32 years. He was a member of the Ovett Masonic Lodge; a 32 degree Mason; a member of the HAMASA Shriners in Meridian where he received his 50 year pin as a member; a member of the MS Poultry Association; and also the owner of the Wildwood Chapel in Ovett.
Visitation will be Friday, January 24, 2020, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Jones and Son Funeral Home in Richton.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Shriners Children Hospital or St. Judes.
