Frank David Royce: Gritton Genealogy

1882 - 1957 (75 years)

Generation: 1

Frank David Royce was born on 23 Jan 1882 in Webberville, Ingham County, Michigan; died on 10 Nov 1957 in Petoskey, Emmett County, Michigan; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

Other Events:

Occupation: physician

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55692629/frank-david-royce

Frank married Bertha Hosler Gritton in 1909. Bertha (daughter of Thomas Ralston Gritton and Minerva Amanda Bunton) was born on 17 May 1888 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Boyle County, Kentucky; was buried on 12 Oct 1939 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Frances Royce was born on 21 Jun 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 21 Jun 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried on 24 Jun 1916 in Evergreen Cemetery, no city, no county, no state.
3. Virginia Belle Royce was born on 10 Nov 1910 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; died on 10 Apr 1960 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.
4. Gladys Marie Royce was born on 21 Aug 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 13 Feb 1998; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
5. Frank David Royce was born on 27 Sep 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 7 May 2001 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Frances Royce

(1.Frank¹) was born on 21 Jun 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 21 Jun 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried on 24 Jun 1916 in Evergreen Cemetery, no city, no county, no state.

Notes:

Buried:
Evergreen Cemetery is stated on the death certificate but I have been unable to locate burial on Find a Grave. Two Evergreen cemeteties in Detroit have no listing for anyone with the surname of Royce.

Virginia Belle Royce

(1.Frank¹) was born on 10 Nov 1910 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; died on 10 Apr 1960 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

Notes:

Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. 12 April 1960. Page 12.

Mrs. Virginia Frizzell

Harrodsburg - Mrs. Virginia Royce Frizzell, 49, widow of J. C. Frizzell, died Sunday at her home in Denver, Colo. A native of the Burgin section of Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Frank B. Royce and Bertha Gritton Royce.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. D. C. Murphy, Tulsa, Okla.; a brother, David Frank Royce, U.S. Navy; a half sister, Mrs. Wren Chadderton, Webberville, Mich.; a stepsister, Mrs. Robert M. Fenwick, Leesburg, Fla., and a stepbrother, Merritt Lewis, Lebanon.

The body will be brought to the Alexander and Royalty Funeral
Home here Wednesday morning.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57530288/virginia-frizzell

Plot T-175-1

Virginia married John Russell Stork on 15 Aug 1937 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. John was born on 28 Dec 1907 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; died on 9 Nov 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: J. C. Frizzell. J. died before 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gladys Marie Royce

(1.Frank¹) was born on 21 Aug 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 13 Feb 1998; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Murphy, Gladys Royce: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Tulsa World (OK) - Sunday, February 15, 1998
Deceased Name: Murphy, Gladys Royce
Murphy, Gladys Royce, 80, homemaker, died Friday. Services noon Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore's Southlawn.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105926368/gladys-murphy

Family/Spouse: Dudley Cutshaw Murphy. Dudley was born on 17 Jul 1914 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 22 Feb 1975 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank David Royce

(1.Frank¹) was born on 27 Sep 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 7 May 2001 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.

Notes:

Frank David Royce Jr.
Arlington – Frank David Royce Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force major, received his final wings Monday, May 7, 2001 in Arlington.
Funeral: Military service will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel, Arlington. Entombment: Moore memorial Gardens, Arlington.
Maj. Royce was born in Detroit, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1922. He attended Kentucky Military Institute and subsequently received his law degree from the University of Louisville. He was a pilot with the 219th Bomb Squad in World War ii and former judge advocate. Maj. Royce served in Korea and was assigned to Japan for thee years to reinstate the Japanese air force. In 1958 he received the prestigious Command Wings at Holmstead Air Force Base and continue to fly for the Strategic Air Command in the Vietnam War. In 1965, while ferrying a plane from Wichita to Hawaii, Maj. Royce experienced engine trouble over the pacific Ocean and had to glide the last four miles to land safely. Maj. Royce retired frm military service in 1982 and began flying with the Six Legion of the National Forest Service in Washington State. Maj. Royce was a notable big game hunter and gardener.
Survivors: Wife, Corinne A. Royce; daughters, Sharon Lovitt of Williamsburg, Ohio, Diana Patterson of Tucson and Linda Rothstein of Atlanta; grandsons, David Kirsch, J.C. Lovitt, and Ryan Lovitt; granddaughters, Mischa Martin of Atlanta and Dr. Gayle Masterson of Tucson; and three great-grandchildren.
Moore Funeral Home, N. Davis Drive, Arlington (817275-271.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas. Friday, 11 May 2001.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116331021/frank-david-royce
Court of Hope Mausoleums - south face of the 3rd unit coming from the north

and also honored at
Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55693645/david-royce

Gritton and Cline Families

including Fox, Yeazel, Shumate and Wann

Frank David Royce