Obituary of Eunice J Clark BOYCE, Macoupin County Illinois 22 March 1998
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Name of Deceased: BOYCE, (Clark) Eunice J.
Name of Newspaper: Bunker Hill Gazette
Date of Obituary: December 23, 1891 
Obituary: It is our painful duty to report the death of another dear friend, Mrs. Eunice
Boyce, who died at the residence of her son R. T. Boyce, on Friday, the 18th. inst.,
at 3 o'clock p.m. She was born in Tenn., May 14, 1824. Her father died when she
was in infant five months old. Shortly after her father's death her mother moved her
family to Greenville Dist. S.C., and remained there until 1839, when she located in
Cherokee County, Georgia, where the subject of this sketch was united in marriage
to Lawson M. Boyce in 1848. She was the mother of one son and two daughters.
Mary A., her youngest daughter, preceeded her in the spiritual world six days. R.T.
Boyce and Mrs. M.H. Dilliard are left to mourn for her. "But they do not mourn as
those having no hope". She was united with the M.F. Church South in the 15th. Year
of her age and lived a devoted member of the same until she came to Ill. in the year
1866.  She brought a church letter with her, but there being no church of her choice
near her, she never united with any church since, but lived a devoted Christian life.
Since the death of her husband, she has made her home with her children. She was
a kind neighbor and loving mother. Funeral services were held at Corrington Chapel
on Sunday, the 20th, conducted by the pastor, after which remains were interred in
the cemetery in your city. Among those present from a distance were 2 grandsons,
William and C.F. Dilliard, students from Bushnell, and J.I. Dilliard of Collinsville;
also Mrs. M.J. Mattox of Sorento. Sympathies are extended through the Gazette
to the family. 

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