Boyce Miller Jackson
SOUTH PORTLAND – Boyce Miller Jackson passed away peacefully at Gosnell House in Scarborough, on March 6, 2025, at the age of 90.
Boyce was born on April 18, 1934, at Biltmore Forest Asheville, N.C., son of Boyce Augustus and Catherine McPhee Miller.
He attended the college of William and Mary. He married Beatrice Laliberte on June 28, 1958. After having three children in the DC area, they moved back to Lewiston where they raised their family.
Boyce was a drill instructor in the Marine Corps at Paris Island, N.C. from 1954 to 1962. After running a nursing home, hospital administrator, managing an oil company and real estate, he retired from Bennett pump company in 1992. He stayed active volunteering in the community and active with his church.
Boyce is survived by his loving wife, Beatrice Jackson. They had been married for 66 years; his daughter, Deborah Komich and spouse Michael of South Portland, son, Anthony Jackson and spouse Linda Fraini of Alaska; grandson, Ryan Komich and spouse Stephanie Komich of Cape Cod, granddaughter, Kelsey Komich, Garcia, and spouse Gustavo Garcia of Washington, D.C.; great-grandchildren, Scarlett and Augustus Komich of Cape Cod.
Boyce was proceeded in death by his parents; sisters Betty Schubel of West Virginia and Claudia Jackson of Boston, Mass., and son, Bradley Jackson of Natick Mass.
The Mass will be Monday, March 10, at Saint Maximilian Church in Scarborough, at 11 a.m.
Condolences may be expressed online at http://www.hobbsfuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to the Gosnell House in Scarborough.
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