Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Boyce, E. Milton, 1959 

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Ernest M. Boyce Succumbs at 67 

  Ernest Milton Boyce, 67, a retired City employee, died today at 6 a.m. at 
his home 145 Johnson Ave., after a long illness. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Hill Funeral 
Home.  Burial will be in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 

  A native of Chowan County, North Carolina, he was employed by the city for 
28 years. 

  A member of Rockey Hocky Baptist Church in Chowan County, he was the son of 
the late John Boyce and Mary Jones Boyce of Chowan County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Ashley Boyce of the home; three 
daughters, Mrs. J.H. Pierce, Mrs. Alice B. Turner and Mrs. T.E. Kilkins of 
Suffolk; a son, Otis C. Boyce of Baltimore; four step sons, Oscar Ashley of 
Edenton, N.C.; Cecil Ashley of Bennett's Creek; Jack Ashley of Suffolk and 
Avion Ward of Richmond; a sister, Mrs. Annie Byrum of Nansemond County; a 
brother, Lafayette Boyce of Nansemond County; eight grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren. 


Ernest Milton BOYCE, retired Suffolk street cleaner, 
b. 8 Aug 1892, Chowan Co., NC, d. 9 Oct 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 11 Oct 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 239, Fri., Oct. 9, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his widow (1903 - 1969).  Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

A photo of Milton - added by Thom Randolph - and photos of his gravestone - 
   added by Thom Randolph & Emily - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #25663790. 

D.Cert. 25367 (Suffolk #47) 

His first wife "Ola" Viola V. (SPIVEY) BOYCE (1896 - 1948) is buried in 
   Eastern State Hospital Cemetery, Williamsburg. 


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