Notes for Alice Captola Pirtle

Notes for Alice Captola Pirtle

[DailyJournal, Park Hills, St. Francois County, Missouri, June 27, 2002]

Alice Captola Boyd, 84, of Farmington, passed away on June 24, 2002, at Parkland Health Center. She was born on Feb. 5, 1918, at Ste. Genevieve County, the daughter of the late Neal Clarence and Effie (Thurman) Pirtle. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Elijah "Buster" Boyd; by a daughter, Joyce Steckman; by three brothers; by four sisters and by a great-granddaughter, Andrea Jean Boyd.

Mrs. Boyd was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter 338 of St. Marys Lodge and a past Worthy Matron. She was also a charter member of the Trinity Baptist Church of St. Marys and a member of the Pine Log Baptist Church of Coffman.

She is survived by a son, Jimmie D. and wife Rebecca Boyd of Coffman; by two daughters, Janice K. (twin sister to Joyce) and husband Jimmie Gann, Sr. of Farmington and Chyerl and husband Donald Cartee of Coffman; by a son-in-law, Fred Steckman of Hermosa, SD; by 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Wednesday at Cozean Funeral Home. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Cozean Memorial Chapel with Rev. Don Estes officiating. Burial followed at the Mayberry Cemetery at Avon. Memorials may be directed to the Mayberry Cemetery.

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