John M. Boyce, Jr., 85, husband of the late Susie Pearl Atkinson Boyce, died Thursday, November 2, 2017, at KershawHealth in Camden.

Born May 20, 1932, in Charlotte, N.C., he was a son of the late John M. Boyce, Sr. and the late Martha Ross Boyce. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He retired from DuPont.

Survivors include three sons, Johnny Boyce (Julie), Billy Boyce, and Glen Boyce (Angie); five grandchildren, Marshall, Thomas, April, Markie, and William; five great-great-grandchildren; two step-children, Kathryn Brady (Bill) and Sam Bader (Esther); three step-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in the Powers Funeral Home chapel 832 Ridgeway Rd., Lugoff, SC with the Rev. Stephen Jordan officiating. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 845 Leesburg Rd., Columbia.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M. Tuesday at Powers Funeral Home.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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