A graveside service for Mr. Royce Kinnison will be on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at Midway Cemetery in Meadville, MS at 2:00 PM.  Rev. Eric Moak will be officiating the services, with Franklin Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Royce Kinnison, 90, of Meadville, passed from this life on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Franklin Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 21, 1931 in Quinton, MS, to Mr. Pearlie L. Kinnison and Mrs. Mazie L. Smith Kinnison.

He served his country in the United States Navy as an air craft mechanic supervisor for the HSC-7 helicopter, anti-submarine squadron 7, known as the "Dusty Dogs".  He retired after 30 years of service.

Preceding him in death were his parents; wife, Hazle C Kinnison; sons, Kenny Royce Kinnison, Kenneth Kinnison; daughter, Sharon Wilson; and sisters, Norma Deaux, Nell Marie Boyte.

Survivors are his niece, Pamela Deaux, Norma Pellegrin; grandchildren, John and Jason Wilson.