Palestine High School Alumni Association

Royce Trice Hassell 1963 Born 01-31-1945 Died 12-17-1970 Age 25

01 / 31 / 1945  –  12 / 17 / 1970

Royce Trice Hassell, 25, died at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston on December 17, 1970. He had been employed at the Bank of the Southwest since returning from military service in Thailand in October.

Mr. Hassell was born in Palestine on January 31, 1945, a son of Mattie Hassell and the late James Fletcher Hassell.  He graduated in 1963 from Palestine High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and received his degree in economics in 1968 from the University of Houston before serving in the U. S. Army.

Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bent of Montgomery, Texas; and three brothers, J. W. Hassell of Houston, T. R. Hassell of Vidor and F. H. Hassell of Montgomery.

Named as pallbearers for the funeral Saturday are John D. Norwood, III, Ricky Cheatham, Jonathan Wall, Cleve Plummer, Charles Ryan and Bill Ryan.

Honary pallbearers include Gary Lively, Jimmy Cox, and Russell Dupree.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 12-18-1970