Mrs. Mary Louise Peace Bozard age 84, of Skippers, VA died Thursday at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Emporia, VA.
Mrs. Bozard was born January 23, 1930 in Halifax County, NC, the daughter of the late Robert Leake Peace and Dollie Mae Demby Peace. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Curtis Bozard Sr., two children, John Lewis Bozard and Robert Glenn “Fred” Bozard, two sisters, Dean Peace and Juanita Cone, three brothers, George “Buck” Peace, Ray Peace and Henry Peace.
She is survived by her children, William Curtis Bozard of Pennsylvania, Donna Bozard, Mary Balmer, Marcy Woodruff, Alan Keith “Zeke” Bozard, Michael “Bo” Bozard and Jeff Bozard all of Emporia, VA.
Her sisters, Francis Harlow of Henderson, NC and Jean Crabtree of Rocky Mount, NC. Her brothers, William Peace of Florence, SC, Tom Peace of Rocky Mount, NC, Raymond Peace of Nashville, NC, John Peace of Rocky Mount, NC and Doug Peace of Spring Hope, NC. Six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, August 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Massey Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids with Rev. John Kinsey and Rev. Wesley Agee officiating. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Carolina Memorial Gardens in Creedmoor, NC.
The family will receive friends at Massey Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids, NC, Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 4:00 until 6:00 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Baptist Church, Emporia, VA, Grace Baptist Church, Gaston, NC or to American Macular Degeneration Foundation, PO Box 515, Northampton MA 01061-0515.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.haroldmasseyfuneralhome.com