Mr. Troy Lee Lincecum

After 90 years, Mr. Troy Lee Lincecum passed from this world on 23 January 2026 peacefully at Autumn Leaves Nursing Home in Henderson, Texas. He was born on 5 October 1935 in Joinerville, Texas to the late E. P. ‘Hodge’ Lincecum and Francis Leona (Nugent) Lincecum. Troy graduated from Gaston High School in 1954, where he was an avid athlete with the Gaston Red Devils. Shortly thereafter, He married the love of his life, Mrs. Ethel (Morphew) Lincecum and was married for over 60 years. Troy continued his education at Kilgore College as a work study student and graduated with an associate’s degree in manufacturing. Upon completion of his education Troy worked for the Texas Eastman Company until his retirement and soon after he continued to serve his community by teaching woodshop at the Bradshaw State Penitentiary to help young men gain employment once released. Troy loved living in the Elderville area for over seventy years. Troy was a true craftsman and enjoyed steel fabrication of all types (welding and knife making), furniture woodworking, marksmanship, bow hunting and fishing local rivers and lakes. One of Troys most favored past times was riding his various open road motorcycles in the mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, Montana and Arkansas with friends. Perhaps above all, he was a devoted father, who raised three children. Mr. Lincecum was a Christian from age of 14 who loved the lord. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Ethel, his daughter Laury Fountain Lincecum and his brother Truman Willam Lincecum and his sister Juanita (Midge) James and is survived by his two daughters Sharla Kim Guyer of Greenville and Christy G. Kyles Lincecum of Henderson. Also surviving are two grandsons Jesse and Rylan Fountain and Granddaughter Chelsea Kristin Maxwell along with two great-grandsons Bentley Lay and Connor Lay as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other family and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Troy Lee Lincecum, 90, of Elderville, will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Steve Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home in Henderson. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at the funeral home. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com . If you would like to donate in his name, please donate to Harbor Hospice of Longview at (903) 238-8290.

Mr. Troy Lee Lincecum

October 5, 1935 - January 23, 2026