Noble Boykin, Sr
(February 27, 1916 - February 9, 2013)
Pooler, GA – NOBLE LOUIS BOYKIN, SR., age 96, passed away on Saturday February 9, 2013, at his home following a long illness.
Mr. Boykin was born in Sylvania, Screven County, GA, on February 27, 1916, the son of Judge Horace Arthur (H.A.) Boykin and Florence Marshall Boykin.
Following the death of his father in 1933, Mr. Boykin, who was then 17 years of age, with a mother and younger sister still at home, opened a grocery store in Sylvania which he ran successfully until he entered the military service at the outbreak of WWII. During the war, he served in both the United States Navy and the United States Army, completing his service as a drill sergeant for new recruits. Following his honorable discharge from the Army at the end of WWII, he and his wife, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin and their daughter, Barbara, moved from Sylvania to Tybee Island, where they lived until moving to Pooler in 1947.
He was employed at Union Camp Paper Company for over 25 years, while at the same time attending Armstrong College in the evenings studying business administration. Thereafter, he began a second career opening an independent insurance brokerage, Pooler Insurance Agency. Mr. Boykin continued operating Pooler Insurance Agency until his retirement at the age of 93.
Mr. Boykin and his wife Mary Jane, after her retirement as a teacher at Pooler Elementary School, renovated a historic home in Sylvania, which they maintained as a second residence. Mr. Boykin also built and maintained a home at South Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island, where they spent many happy summer weekends.
Mr. Boykin's life revolved entirely around family, work, and his various building and renovation projects. Mr. Boykin was also an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin, two daughters, Barbara Johnson (Glenn), of Marietta, Georgia, and Margaret Palmer (Woody), of Okatie, South Carolina, a son, Noble Boykin, Jr., of Savannah, four grandchildren, Margaret Johnson Smith of Cochran, Andrew Johnson of Marietta, Anna Boykin and Caroline Boykin of Savannah, and two great grandchildren, Allie Smith and Nicholas Smith of Cochran. He was preceded in death by his eight brothers and sisters, Margaret Boykin Pearson, Neoline Boykin, Horace Boykin, Hubbard Boykin, John Boykin, Elsie Boykin Armstrong, Catherine Boykin Hayman, and Bobbie Boykin Jenkins.
Visitation will be held on Monday evening, February 11, from 6:00-8:00 at Thomas Strickland and Sons Funeral Home, 901 Highway 80 West in Pooler. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, Pastor Carl Yost officiating. A brief reception will follow the service. Parking at the Church is available in the church parking lot at the corner of State and Drayton Streets or at the State Street parking garage located on the northeast corner of State and Drayton Streets. Please note that early arrival at the Church is recommended due to the Georgia Day parade downtown which commences at 10:00 a.m..
Interment will be at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rincon, Georgia, at 3:00 p.m.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home West Chatham Chapel Pooler, GA 31322
February 10,2013
(February 27, 1916 - February 9, 2013)
Pooler, GA – NOBLE LOUIS BOYKIN, SR., age 96, passed away on Saturday February 9, 2013, at his home following a long illness.
Mr. Boykin was born in Sylvania, Screven County, GA, on February 27, 1916, the son of Judge Horace Arthur (H.A.) Boykin and Florence Marshall Boykin.
Following the death of his father in 1933, Mr. Boykin, who was then 17 years of age, with a mother and younger sister still at home, opened a grocery store in Sylvania which he ran successfully until he entered the military service at the outbreak of WWII. During the war, he served in both the United States Navy and the United States Army, completing his service as a drill sergeant for new recruits. Following his honorable discharge from the Army at the end of WWII, he and his wife, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin and their daughter, Barbara, moved from Sylvania to Tybee Island, where they lived until moving to Pooler in 1947.
He was employed at Union Camp Paper Company for over 25 years, while at the same time attending Armstrong College in the evenings studying business administration. Thereafter, he began a second career opening an independent insurance brokerage, Pooler Insurance Agency. Mr. Boykin continued operating Pooler Insurance Agency until his retirement at the age of 93.
Mr. Boykin and his wife Mary Jane, after her retirement as a teacher at Pooler Elementary School, renovated a historic home in Sylvania, which they maintained as a second residence. Mr. Boykin also built and maintained a home at South Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island, where they spent many happy summer weekends.
Mr. Boykin's life revolved entirely around family, work, and his various building and renovation projects. Mr. Boykin was also an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin, two daughters, Barbara Johnson (Glenn), of Marietta, Georgia, and Margaret Palmer (Woody), of Okatie, South Carolina, a son, Noble Boykin, Jr., of Savannah, four grandchildren, Margaret Johnson Smith of Cochran, Andrew Johnson of Marietta, Anna Boykin and Caroline Boykin of Savannah, and two great grandchildren, Allie Smith and Nicholas Smith of Cochran. He was preceded in death by his eight brothers and sisters, Margaret Boykin Pearson, Neoline Boykin, Horace Boykin, Hubbard Boykin, John Boykin, Elsie Boykin Armstrong, Catherine Boykin Hayman, and Bobbie Boykin Jenkins.
Visitation will be held on Monday evening, February 11, from 6:00-8:00 at Thomas Strickland and Sons Funeral Home, 901 Highway 80 West in Pooler. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, Pastor Carl Yost officiating. A brief reception will follow the service. Parking at the Church is available in the church parking lot at the corner of State and Drayton Streets or at the State Street parking garage located on the northeast corner of State and Drayton Streets. Please note that early arrival at the Church is recommended due to the Georgia Day parade downtown which commences at 10:00 a.m..
Interment will be at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rincon, Georgia, at 3:00 p.m.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home West Chatham Chapel Pooler, GA 31322
February 10,2013
Noble Boykin, Sr
(February 27, 1916 - February 9, 2013)
Pooler, GA – NOBLE LOUIS BOYKIN, SR., age 96, passed away on Saturday February 9, 2013, at his home following a long illness.
Mr. Boykin was born in Sylvania, Screven County, GA, on February 27, 1916, the son of Judge Horace Arthur (H.A.) Boykin and Florence Marshall Boykin.
Following the death of his father in 1933, Mr. Boykin, who was then 17 years of age, with a mother and younger sister still at home, opened a grocery store in Sylvania which he ran successfully until he entered the military service at the outbreak of WWII. During the war, he served in both the United States Navy and the United States Army, completing his service as a drill sergeant for new recruits. Following his honorable discharge from the Army at the end of WWII, he and his wife, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin and their daughter, Barbara, moved from Sylvania to Tybee Island, where they lived until moving to Pooler in 1947.
He was employed at Union Camp Paper Company for over 25 years, while at the same time attending Armstrong College in the evenings studying business administration. Thereafter, he began a second career opening an independent insurance brokerage, Pooler Insurance Agency. Mr. Boykin continued operating Pooler Insurance Agency until his retirement at the age of 93.
Mr. Boykin and his wife Mary Jane, after her retirement as a teacher at Pooler Elementary School, renovated a historic home in Sylvania, which they maintained as a second residence. Mr. Boykin also built and maintained a home at South Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island, where they spent many happy summer weekends.
Mr. Boykin's life revolved entirely around family, work, and his various building and renovation projects. Mr. Boykin was also an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin, two daughters, Barbara Johnson (Glenn), of Marietta, Georgia, and Margaret Palmer (Woody), of Okatie, South Carolina, a son, Noble Boykin, Jr., of Savannah, four grandchildren, Margaret Johnson Smith of Cochran, Andrew Johnson of Marietta, Anna Boykin and Caroline Boykin of Savannah, and two great grandchildren, Allie Smith and Nicholas Smith of Cochran. He was preceded in death by his eight brothers and sisters, Margaret Boykin Pearson, Neoline Boykin, Horace Boykin, Hubbard Boykin, John Boykin, Elsie Boykin Armstrong, Catherine Boykin Hayman, and Bobbie Boykin Jenkins.
Visitation will be held on Monday evening, February 11, from 6:00-8:00 at Thomas Strickland and Sons Funeral Home, 901 Highway 80 West in Pooler. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, Pastor Carl Yost officiating. A brief reception will follow the service. Parking at the Church is available in the church parking lot at the corner of State and Drayton Streets or at the State Street parking garage located on the northeast corner of State and Drayton Streets. Please note that early arrival at the Church is recommended due to the Georgia Day parade downtown which commences at 10:00 a.m..
Interment will be at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rincon, Georgia, at 3:00 p.m.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home West Chatham Chapel Pooler, GA 31322
February 10,2013
(February 27, 1916 - February 9, 2013)
Pooler, GA – NOBLE LOUIS BOYKIN, SR., age 96, passed away on Saturday February 9, 2013, at his home following a long illness.
Mr. Boykin was born in Sylvania, Screven County, GA, on February 27, 1916, the son of Judge Horace Arthur (H.A.) Boykin and Florence Marshall Boykin.
Following the death of his father in 1933, Mr. Boykin, who was then 17 years of age, with a mother and younger sister still at home, opened a grocery store in Sylvania which he ran successfully until he entered the military service at the outbreak of WWII. During the war, he served in both the United States Navy and the United States Army, completing his service as a drill sergeant for new recruits. Following his honorable discharge from the Army at the end of WWII, he and his wife, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin and their daughter, Barbara, moved from Sylvania to Tybee Island, where they lived until moving to Pooler in 1947.
He was employed at Union Camp Paper Company for over 25 years, while at the same time attending Armstrong College in the evenings studying business administration. Thereafter, he began a second career opening an independent insurance brokerage, Pooler Insurance Agency. Mr. Boykin continued operating Pooler Insurance Agency until his retirement at the age of 93.
Mr. Boykin and his wife Mary Jane, after her retirement as a teacher at Pooler Elementary School, renovated a historic home in Sylvania, which they maintained as a second residence. Mr. Boykin also built and maintained a home at South Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island, where they spent many happy summer weekends.
Mr. Boykin's life revolved entirely around family, work, and his various building and renovation projects. Mr. Boykin was also an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mary Jane Gnann Boykin, two daughters, Barbara Johnson (Glenn), of Marietta, Georgia, and Margaret Palmer (Woody), of Okatie, South Carolina, a son, Noble Boykin, Jr., of Savannah, four grandchildren, Margaret Johnson Smith of Cochran, Andrew Johnson of Marietta, Anna Boykin and Caroline Boykin of Savannah, and two great grandchildren, Allie Smith and Nicholas Smith of Cochran. He was preceded in death by his eight brothers and sisters, Margaret Boykin Pearson, Neoline Boykin, Horace Boykin, Hubbard Boykin, John Boykin, Elsie Boykin Armstrong, Catherine Boykin Hayman, and Bobbie Boykin Jenkins.
Visitation will be held on Monday evening, February 11, from 6:00-8:00 at Thomas Strickland and Sons Funeral Home, 901 Highway 80 West in Pooler. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, Pastor Carl Yost officiating. A brief reception will follow the service. Parking at the Church is available in the church parking lot at the corner of State and Drayton Streets or at the State Street parking garage located on the northeast corner of State and Drayton Streets. Please note that early arrival at the Church is recommended due to the Georgia Day parade downtown which commences at 10:00 a.m..
Interment will be at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rincon, Georgia, at 3:00 p.m.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home West Chatham Chapel Pooler, GA 31322
February 10,2013
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