Roysden, Albert C.

Albert C. Roysden

September 18, 1936 — December 11, 2020

Albert C. Roysden of Maryville, TN, known by most as A.C., died peacefully at home on December 11, 2020. He was 84 years of age. A.C. was born September 18, 1936, in Anderson County, TN to Thomas Jefferson Roysden and Ora Lee Braden. His father was injured in a coal mining accident and the family relocated eventually settling in Rockford, TN. A.C. joined the Marine Corps as a teenager and served both in Korea and in Viet Nam at bases in Con Thien and Khe Sanh. He took great pride in his Marine Corp career. After enlistment he served as a deputy in the Blount County Sherriff’s office and returned to Rockford as the Chief of Police for a while. He was also a member of the Blount County Rescue Squad. In 1974 A.C. joined his brother in Texas and relocated his family at the end of the school year.

In retirement he remarried his high school sweetheart Valorie Endsley Johnson from Rockford, TN. He spent time with his children and grandchildren, enjoyed fishing and family cook outs. He was a member of the local VFW and a member of Shepherds Glory Church in Townsend, TN. A.C. was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Robert V. Roysden, and his sister Mary Lee Hitson and by one daughter, Cynthia Denise Roysden and by one step son, Jeffrey Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Valorie Roysden of Maryville, TN, by two sons, Doug Roysden and wife Shannon of Abilene, TX. And Dwayne Roysden and wife Gidget of Maryville, TN., and by one daughter Delisa Webb and husband Bobby of Levelland, TX, and by two stepdaughters, Jennifer Fields and husband Don of Douglasville, GA. and Dawn Balthazr and husband Alan of Blountville, TN. He is also survived by the mother of his children, former wife Margaret F. Roysden and by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews from Tennessee to Georgia to Texas.