Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Boyce, Jacob D. Sr., 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Jacob D. Boyce Succumbs at 67 Jacob David Boyce, 67, a resident of Route 4, Suffolk, died this morning at 9 a.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Brannan, of 149 Charles Street. The deceased was the son of the late John and Mary Outlaw [sic; Outland] Boyce, of Chowan County, N.C. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. J.D. Boyce, of Route 4, Suffolk; two other daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Beretski, of Suffolk and Mrs. Luther Writtentberry sic; Writtenberry], of Nansemond; a son, J.D. Boyce, Jr., of Route 4, Suffolk; five grandchildren; two brothers, Noah Boyce, of Route 4, Suffolk, and Thornton Boyce, of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Chessley Powell, of Route 3, Suffolk; Mrs. J.T. Norfleet, of Route 2, Suffolk, and Mrs. J.D. Bennett of Suffolk. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home. Burial will take place at the Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. "Jake" Jacob David BOYCE, Sr., farmer, b. 1 Dec 1885, NC, d. 21 Jan 1953, at daughter's home, Suffolk, interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 23 Jan 1953, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 17, Wed., Jan. 21, 1953, p. 2 *Additional information: Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt Photos of his gravestone - added by Emily & Hixburg23958 - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #25663875. Buried with his second wife, Emma (COLE THOMPSON) BOYCE (1884 - 1965). His parents are also buried there. D.Cert. 2252 (Suffolk #39) also gives his mother as Mary OUTLAW. Jake 1m. "Bessie" Elizabeth HALSEY, 22 Jun 1907 in Edenton, Chowan Co., NC. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b200j4ob.txt