Bernice Hill Boydstun

Funeral service for Mrs. Bernice Hill Boydstun will be 10:00 am Thursday, September 3, 2009 at the 1st United Methodist Church of Natchitoches with Reverend Donald Avery, Reverend Jacklyn King and Reverend James Poole officiating. Interment will follow at American Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6pm until 8pm on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Mrs. Boydstun, 94, passed away Monday, August 31, 2009. She was born September 5, 1914 to the late Grover C. Hill, Sr. and Mamie (Lagrone) Hill in Archibald , La. She was the oldest of 13 siblings. She was an active member of 1st United Methodist Church of Natchitoches and especially enjoyed her participation in the Young at Heart, Lucille Hendricks Sunday school class and being a member of the Eastern Star. Those left to cherish her memory include two sons, David Boydstun, Sr. and his wife Carolyn and Jack Boydstun, Jr. and his wife Debbie; two daughters, Nelwyn Poole and her husband Dan and Betty Sue Capenter and her husband Stuart; a sister, Geraldine Hill; four brothers, Eugene Hill, Billy Hill, Tom Hill and Grant Hill; a daughter-in-law, Shirley Woodson Boydstun; fifteen grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackson Benjamin Boydstun, Sr.; her parents; four sisters, Lona McDonald, Anne Grigsby, Mozel Bengtson and Maxine Wiggins; three brothers, Dock Hill, G.C. Hill, Jr. and James Hill. Those honored to be pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be members of her Sunday school class, Mr. Sonny Evans and her great grandsons.