Boyce Family History & Genealogy

As an Arkansas native and product of the Little Rock Public Schools, I came to know Merel Boyce the three years after I entered Hall High School at "H" and McKinley Sts. in Autumn 1960. He was the capable, personable band director of our Warrior Concert and Marching Bands. He presided over our band room, with its tiered seating, and kept very strict discipline over our 60-plus student musicians. To enhance our musicianship, he merged our band rehearsals with our home room periods and study halls, thus doubling our time available for music preparation. (At the time, he also directed an Army Reserve Band that played regional military concerts.) I played trumpet in a section of eight teenaged musicians -- a section then led by talented seniors Phil Orahood and Bob Dayton. Mr. Boyce brought in such guest conductors as Marty Rosen to enrich our band experience. He always built a library of excellent music, both classical and popular; and some of my most memorable times were on spent on band-bus tours we made to Hot Springs, Memphis, Blytheville AFB or such local institutions as the Ark. School for the Blind. I was a mediocre trumpeter, but do recall playing Western medleys and such favorites as "Cherokee" and "Night Flight to Madrid." Mr. Boyce, who loved John Phillip Sousa marches, always included at least one March King number in our concerts. Performances concluded with "Stars and Stripes Forever," during whise finale our trombones and trumpet sections were featured. We competed well at the annual Band Festival, held at Hot Springs High, where a young Trojan Band sax player named Clinton later emerged as a national politician! We boarded band buses to participate in spring at the annual Cotton Carnival parades and celebration held on Main Street, Memphis. We played such pieces as "Burst of Flame," "Night Flight to Madrid," "Oberon Overture" and the music from "West Side Story." On the gridiron, our halftime shows featured "floating-diamond" formations keyed to strains of "Orange Bowl March." We were capably led by drum majors Bill Payne, Danny Timm -- and Bill Woolly who later led the Razorback Band in Fayetteville. To keep uniforms fresh and our instruments functional, Mr. Boyce and band parents led seasonal sales of excellent Texas-baked fruit cakes and holiday wrapping paper. Sales of such item provided revenue the school district could not. My sole regret came the summer Mr. Boyce called me at home to urge me to enhance my trumpet skills by taking private lessons. I had to reply that my work schedule did not permit such, even if my parents could afford the lessons, which they could not. But he complimented me on the daily bugling I did to begin school days, and my skills proved sufficient that I later played in college bands, at basketball pep-band appearances and finally, as an Air Force bugler at our Officer Training School, Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. Two of my talented Hall High friends -- Bob Palmer and Fred Tackett -- later became professional musicians, thanks to Boyce's training. Palmer wrote textbooks and taught about jazz, rock and rhythm and blues as a music columnist for the New York Times. Tackett, voted Most Talented at Hall, became a guitarist, trumpeter and mandolin player for the popular "Little Feat" cult band based in California. Such success stories were quite a Legacy for Mr. Boyce to have left behind when his life ended at age 78 in 2001. He was buried with military honors for his service, in the Little Rock National Cemetery.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret Boyce (Fraser).

Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Boyce of Maffra, Wellington Shire County, VIC Australia was born on November 28, 1876 in Nunawading, and died at age 89 years old on March 18, 1966 in Maffra.

WWII Veteran , buried in Queen of Heaven Cemetary

Daniel Boyce was born on September 10, 1964 at Monmouth Medical Center in Jackson, Ocean County, New Jersey United States to Mary Morgan and Reggie Boyce. Daniel Boyce was in a relationship with Maryann Ferrigno, and has children Joseph John Salvatore Boyce, Michael Boyce, and Jessica Boyce. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Boyce.

Barry Boyce was born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey United States to Joseph John Salvatore Boyce and Holly Taylor. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Barry Boyce.

Walter Albert Boyce was born on July 6, 1873 in Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia United States, and died at age 75 years old on December 12, 1948 in Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Walter Boyce was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section H Site 4063A 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Albert Boyce.

Jessica Boyce was born on August 5, 2005 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jessica Boyce.

Cameron Mica Boyce was born on May 28, 1999 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States, and died at age 20 years old on July 6, 2019 in Los Angeles. Cameron Boyce was buried at Cremated. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cameron Mica Boyce.

Michael Boyce was born on July 9, 2002 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Michael Boyce.

Joseph John Salvatore Boyce of Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey United States was born on September 13, 1996 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy to Daniel Boyce and Maryann Ferrigno. He has siblings Michael Boyce and Jessica Boyce. Joseph was baptized on November 23, 1996 at Parlin in Sayreville. Joseph Boyce married Holly Taylor on July 17, 2025 in Sayreville, Middlesex County, and has a child Barry Boyce.

Reggie John Boyce was born on June 12, 1933 at Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey United States to Jennifer (Green) Boyce and John Boyce. He married Mary Morgan on June 18, 1960 in Jackson Township, Ocean County, NJ and they later separated on June 27, 1986 in Sayreville, Middlesex County. He had a child Daniel Boyce. Reggie Boyce died at age 53 years old on June 27, 1986 in Sayreville, Middlesex County, NJ, and was buried on June 30, 1986 in Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Reggie Boyce.

David Franklyn Boyce of Collierville, Shelby County, Tennessee United States was born on September 4, 1940.

Mary (Morgan) Boyce was born on March 12, 1932 at Monmouth Medical Center in Jackson, Ocean County, New Jersey United States to Jason Morgan and Joanna (Cannon) Morgan. She married Reggie Boyce on June 18, 1960 in Jackson Township, Ocean County, NJ and they later separated on June 27, 1986 in Sayreville, Middlesex County. She had a child Daniel Boyce. Mary Boyce died at age 73 years old on February 11, 2006 in Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, NJ, and was buried on February 13, 2006 at White Lawn Cemetery in Point Pleasant Beach. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Morgan.

Bruce D. Boyce was born on December 9. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bruce D. Boyce.

Leonard F Boyce of Oceanside County, California United States was born on May 23, 1921 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey USA. Leonard was baptized in May 1921 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken. Leonard Boyce died at age 60 years old on October 2, 1981 in Oceanside, San Diego County, California United States, and was buried at Ashes sent to oldest daughter. in Black River, Jefferson County, New York USA.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Warner Washington Boyce.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard W Boyce.

Jane (Harrigan) Boyce was born on September 2, 1850 in Sligo, SO Ireland, and died at age 52 years old on March 27, 1903 in Milton, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Harrigan) Boyce.

Daniel Boyce was born on September 10, 1964 in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Boyce.