Tri-City Ledger -

Royce Rodgers Layton, 85, of Brewton, died Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in a Pensacola hospital following a brief illness.

Mr. Layton was born Nov. 8, 1934, to Royce Fayette and Fannie Rodgers Layton, in Brantley, Ala.

A former resident of Montgomery, he was a long-time resident of Brewton. A graduate of Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran and member of the Brewton First United Methodist Church. He retired from AT&T with 30 years of service, with his final project involving fiber optic service to the Brewton area. He started Brewton Air Conditioning in 1975...