Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Boyce, Thomas L., 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MORTUARY THOMAS BOYCE Funeral services for Thomas Boyce, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fate Boyce, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the grave at Cypress Chapel Christian church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. W.W. Anderson. Mrs. Paul Rawles, Mrs. J.H. Bagley sang the duets "Asleep In Jesus" and "Rock of Ages." The casket was covered with asters and fern. Flowers were borne by the following young girls, Goldie Byrd, Marie White, Nora, Gladys, Edith and Blanche Boyce, Mary Sue Wilkins and Marie Wilkins. Active pallbearers were William Arthur, Eugene Wilkins, Cecil. Edward, Rudolph, Cary and Ralph Boyce. Thomas Lafayette BOYCE, farmer, b. 7* Dec 1917, Nansemond Co., d. 7 Sep 1936, Nansemond Co., interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 8 Sep 1936, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 143, Wed., Sep. 9, 1936, p. 3 *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 Her gravestone shows d. 15 Apr 1933; a photo of it - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103422470. His parents, Lafayette "Fate" & Maggie (WILKINS) BOYCE, are also buried there. B.Cert. 56506 (Cypress #52) gives b. 7 Dec 1917; the informant was midwife Mrs. M.P. LARNARD - Mary Pauline (AUSTIN NELSON LASSITER; Mrs. A. Warren) LARNARD (1858 - 1941), also buried there. D.Cert. 23175 (Sleepy Hole #15) gives b. 5 Dec 1917; divorced from Edora BOYCE; the informant was his father. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b200t3ob.txt