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Beatrice Leona 'Onie' <I>Higgins</I> Boyers

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Beatrice Leona 'Onie' Higgins Boyers

Birth
Death
28 Mar 2006 (aged 87)
Burial
Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Beatrice Leona Higgins "Onie" Boyers, 87, a resident of Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, where she had been a patient for a week. Before moving to the nursing home, she lived on Community Street in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Boyers was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Harrisonburg, and was a daughter of the late Harry and Maude Edmondson Higgins.

She was employed at Metro Pants in Harrisonburg and was a member of Divine Love Fellowship Church.

Her husband, George W. Boyers, preceded her in death in February 1975. (Her son, Richard Lee Boyers, also preceded her in death Dec. 19, 1997.)

She is survived by a sister, Thelma Coleman, and a brother, Melvin "Mike" Higgins, both of Harrisonburg; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Pastors Ted Hott and Melvin McCauley will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at the McMullen Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. Burial will follow at Woodbine Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7-8 this evening at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P. O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.

Daily News Record, Harrisonburg VA
March 30, 2006

Beatrice Leona Higgins "Onie" Boyers, 87, a resident of Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, where she had been a patient for a week. Before moving to the nursing home, she lived on Community Street in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Boyers was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Harrisonburg, and was a daughter of the late Harry and Maude Edmondson Higgins.

She was employed at Metro Pants in Harrisonburg and was a member of Divine Love Fellowship Church.

Her husband, George W. Boyers, preceded her in death in February 1975. (Her son, Richard Lee Boyers, also preceded her in death Dec. 19, 1997.)

She is survived by a sister, Thelma Coleman, and a brother, Melvin "Mike" Higgins, both of Harrisonburg; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Pastors Ted Hott and Melvin McCauley will conduct the funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at the McMullen Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. Burial will follow at Woodbine Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7-8 this evening at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P. O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.

Daily News Record, Harrisonburg VA
March 30, 2006


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47059190/beatrice_leona_'onie'-boyers: accessed ), memorial page for Beatrice Leona 'Onie' Higgins Boyers (31 Jan 1919–28 Mar 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47059190, citing Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).