Individual Details

Melvin Royce Franklin, 86, a loving husband, father and dear friend to all, passed away Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday in Lucas Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Bourland Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lucas Funeral Home in Keller. Royce was born March 28, 1930, in Dozier to the late Major Lee and Mildred Inez Franklin. He married Loyce Stalcup on May 1, 1948, and together they had four children. Royce was a machinist and retired from Tri Cities Tool in Dallas in 1995. He was a well-known guitar player and musician and lifelong member of Texas Old Time Fiddle Association and was inducted in the Texas Hall of Fame in Hallettsville. Royce was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Caryn Franklin Martin; and brothers, Verlan and Dub Franklin. Survivors: Wife of 68 years, Loyce Franklin of Keller; children, Bettye Franklin of Henrietta, David Franklin of Waxahachie and Paul Franklin of Burleson; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Birth	28 Mar 1930	Dozier, Collingsworth County, Texas
Census (family)-shared	22 Apr 1940	(Major Lee Franklin Sr. and Thelma Inez Davis) Grayson County, Texas
Marriage	1 May 1948	Zelma Loyce Stalcup
Death	14 Nov 2016	Keller, Tarrant County, Texas
Burial		Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant County, Texas

Spouse	Zelma Loyce Stalcup (1931 - )
Child	Caryn Jayne Franklin (1949 - 2003)
Child	Bettye Susan Franklin (1952 - )
Child	David Bryan Franklin (1958 - )
Child	Melvin Paul Franklin (1965 - )

Father	Major Lee Franklin Sr. (1904 - 1981)
Mother	Thelma Inez Davis (1907 - 1981)
Sibling	Verlan Lee Franklin (1928 - 1935)
Sibling	Delmer Ray Franklin (1932 - 2020)
Sibling	Major Lee Franklin Jr. (1932 - )
Sibling	William Jackson Martin Franklin (1934 - 1999)

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