ROYCE FAY YARBROUGH
Royce Fay Yarbrough, 82, of Memphis, Texas, died Saturday, April 12, 2025 in Memphis.
Memorial services took place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in the First Methodist Church in Memphis, with Dr. Stan Cosby officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis. Cremation and arrangements were by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Royce was born May 23, 1942, in Stratford, Texas to John Alexander and Sybil Dayle Flores Boney. Royce’s main job was a mother. At one time, she held three jobs to make sure her kids were taken care of. She loved her family with everything she had.
An excellent cook, Royce gained her cooking skills from her mother-in-law, who was also her best friend. She loved working in her yard and could be found most days during the spring and summer out digging weeds. She took great pride in her beautiful yard.
Royce loved horses and dogs. She went three times a day to the horse barn to clean stalls, feed and do anything else that needed to be done. She hauled three kids in a four-door dually, pulling a four-horse trailer so all of her kids could compete at horse shows.
An amazing grandmother, Royce loved watching kids and grandkids play golf. She always had the very best snacks for all the golfers and their families.
In the later years of her life, Royce’s greatest joy was spending time with her great-grandbabies. She loved hearing about all of their adventures and what new tricks they had learned. Her face would light up anytime they would come for a visit.
Royce never met a stranger and was a caregiver to everyone she loved. She served as a member of the First Methodist Church in Memphis.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Sybil Boney; infant daughter Erica Monzingo; grandchildren Tanner and Austin Monzingo; her husband, Ron Yarbrough; and her best friend, Texie Fisher.
Survivors include her children, Monica Hutcherson and husband Dick, Brad Monzingo and wife Connie, and Nikki Glover, all of Memphis; her brother, John Marshall “Bud” Boney and wife Janie, of Amarillo, Texas; her grandchildren, Bobby Hutcherson and wife Carla, of Fulshear, Texas, Haley Ollinger, of Memphis, Megan Baumgardner and husband Tate, of Wellington, Texas, Cassy Woodman and husband Brandel, of Dumas, Texas, Lauren Glover, of Hedley, Texas, Lindsey Railsback and husband Devin, of Mc-Lean, Texas, and Michael Glover, of Amarillo; her great-grandchildren, Cannon, Uree and John Hutcherson, Lillie, Hutch, Finnley and Hazel Ollinger, Graham and Lucy Baumgardner, Brooks Woodman, Paeton and Harper Glover and River Railsback; nieces and nephews Kristy Blades, Sherry Henson, Gina Saied, Johna Boney, Tim Boney, Bob Boney, Matt, Lynn and Sharla Monzingo; and her special friends, Barbara Bowen and Penny Neeley.
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