Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Boyce, E. Milton, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ 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. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b200m2ob.txt