February 2, 1935 –  January 2, 2012  WHITESBORO â?? Funeral services for John Royce Heath, 76, will be held Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro, Texas with Rev. Mike Flanagan officiating. Interment will be at Old Hall Cemetery in Lewisville, Texas at 1:30 p.m. following the service. Family visitation will be Wednesday, January 4, 2012, from 6 â?? 8 p.m. at the funeral home.He passed away on January 2, 2012 in Denison, Texas.
John Royce Heath was born in Lewisville, Texas on February 2, 1935 to Roland O. and Alice M. (Santerre) Heath. He married Edna Virginia Hurst on February 17, 1956 in Carrollton, Texas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He worked at Texas Instruments for 20 years. He was a business man, a cattleman and a real estate agent. He was a member of the JayCees. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Whitesboro, Texas.
He is survived by his son, John Heath and wife, Shirley, of Sadler, TX; daughter, Gina Miller and husband, Butch, of Montgomery, TX; grandchildren: John Heath, Brittany Heath, Andy Miller, Luke Miller, Rachel Miller, Jill Ferrell, Heather Flanagan, and Carrie Manuel; brother, Ernest Heath of Lewisville, TX; and sister, Norma Jean Oldham of Nocona, TX.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Heath; his son, Douglas Dwayne Heath; and his parents, Roland and Alice Heath.
Pallbearers will be J. J. Heath, Lenny Hurst, Merle McKay, Butch Miller, Larry Squires, Naylan Van Zandt. Honorary pallbearers will be Hal Byrd and James Heath.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinsonâ??s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018.