Ray Harold Boston is the youngest son of William Hickman Boston Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth (Bryant) Boston. He married Viola Maude Myers on February 24, 1920, in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri. They made their home in Hancock County, Illinois, and raised six children there. They farmed land near Adrian and in 1939 purchased 100 acres near Powellton -- both in Hancock County, Illinois. He retired at the age of 71 and spent his final years in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Hancock County Journal-Pilot, Carthage, Illinois, September 4, 1985 (used with permission)
Obituary
Ray Boston
Ray H. Boston, 94, Carthage, died Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born Jan. 3, 1891, near Carthage, a son of William H. and Nancy E. Bryant Boston. He married Viola Myers Feb. 25, 1920, in Memphis, Mo. He farmed in the Adrian and Powellton areas until his retirement in 1962, was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Phillip Hartzell American Legion Post and the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Bettie) Merritt of Carthage, Margie Boston of Rolla, Mo., Mrs. David (Shirley) Gnann of Nauvoo and Jean Morris of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Raymond of Carthage and Larry of Livermore, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by three brothers, six sisters and one great grandchild. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Leathem Funeral Home in Carthage. Burial will be in Moss Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call until the hour of services. A memorial has been established for the Hancock County Nursing Home activities fund.
Hancock County Journal-Pilot, Carthage, Illinois, September 4, 1985 (used with permission)
Obituary
Ray Boston
Ray H. Boston, 94, Carthage, died Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born Jan. 3, 1891, near Carthage, a son of William H. and Nancy E. Bryant Boston. He married Viola Myers Feb. 25, 1920, in Memphis, Mo. He farmed in the Adrian and Powellton areas until his retirement in 1962, was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Phillip Hartzell American Legion Post and the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Bettie) Merritt of Carthage, Margie Boston of Rolla, Mo., Mrs. David (Shirley) Gnann of Nauvoo and Jean Morris of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Raymond of Carthage and Larry of Livermore, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by three brothers, six sisters and one great grandchild. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Leathem Funeral Home in Carthage. Burial will be in Moss Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call until the hour of services. A memorial has been established for the Hancock County Nursing Home activities fund.
Ray Harold Boston is the youngest son of William Hickman Boston Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth (Bryant) Boston. He married Viola Maude Myers on February 24, 1920, in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri. They made their home in Hancock County, Illinois, and raised six children there. They farmed land near Adrian and in 1939 purchased 100 acres near Powellton -- both in Hancock County, Illinois. He retired at the age of 71 and spent his final years in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Hancock County Journal-Pilot, Carthage, Illinois, September 4, 1985 (used with permission)
Obituary
Ray Boston
Ray H. Boston, 94, Carthage, died Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born Jan. 3, 1891, near Carthage, a son of William H. and Nancy E. Bryant Boston. He married Viola Myers Feb. 25, 1920, in Memphis, Mo. He farmed in the Adrian and Powellton areas until his retirement in 1962, was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Phillip Hartzell American Legion Post and the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Bettie) Merritt of Carthage, Margie Boston of Rolla, Mo., Mrs. David (Shirley) Gnann of Nauvoo and Jean Morris of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Raymond of Carthage and Larry of Livermore, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by three brothers, six sisters and one great grandchild. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Leathem Funeral Home in Carthage. Burial will be in Moss Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call until the hour of services. A memorial has been established for the Hancock County Nursing Home activities fund.
Hancock County Journal-Pilot, Carthage, Illinois, September 4, 1985 (used with permission)
Obituary
Ray Boston
Ray H. Boston, 94, Carthage, died Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born Jan. 3, 1891, near Carthage, a son of William H. and Nancy E. Bryant Boston. He married Viola Myers Feb. 25, 1920, in Memphis, Mo. He farmed in the Adrian and Powellton areas until his retirement in 1962, was a veteran of World War I, and a member of Phillip Hartzell American Legion Post and the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Bettie) Merritt of Carthage, Margie Boston of Rolla, Mo., Mrs. David (Shirley) Gnann of Nauvoo and Jean Morris of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two sons, Raymond of Carthage and Larry of Livermore, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by three brothers, six sisters and one great grandchild. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Leathem Funeral Home in Carthage. Burial will be in Moss Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call until the hour of services. A memorial has been established for the Hancock County Nursing Home activities fund.
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