Royce Alexander Jones, 76, passed from this life to the next Saturday, July 7, 2018. Funeral service was held Tuesday, July 10, at 11 a.m. at Woodson First Baptist Church. Interment followed in Woodson Cemetery. The family received friends at the funeral home from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday. Arrangements are under the direction of Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home of Breckenridge. 

Royce Alexander Jones was born Oct. 5, 1941 in Throckmorton County, to Jeff Jones and Dorene Jones. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He married Johnnie Sullivan June 30, 1972 in Breckenridge. He was a member of the Woodson First Baptist Church and owned Jones Backhoe and Construction Company. 

Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Jones of Woodson; children, Rob Jones and wife Bethany of Abilene, Mindy Stimmler and husband, Mark of Tye, Carmella Ellis and husband, David of Roscoe, and Randy King and wife, Tammy of Throckmorton; sisters, Carol Spradlin and Linda Prejean both of Sweetwater; 20 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and siblings, James Jones and Kay Walton.