James Harvey "Jimmy" Boyce Sr. | |
Office: | State Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party |
Term Start: | 1972 |
Term End: | 1976 |
Preceded: | Charles deGravelles |
Succeeded: | John H. Cade, Jr. |
Birth Place: | Carrollton, Carroll County Missouri, USA |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1922 |
Death Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Resting Place: | Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge |
Residence: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Spouse: | Katherine Jane Thibaut Boyce (married c. 1942 – 1990, his death) |
Children: | 3 |
Parents: | Clarence George and Nora Leota Clark Boyce |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Alma Mater: | Baton Rouge High School Culver Military Academy Louisiana State University (one year) |
Branch: | United States Navy pilot (1942–1943) |
Battles: | World War II |
James Harvey Boyce Sr., known as Jimmy Boyce (October 6, 1922 – May 15, 1990) was Louisiana businessman and politician, who chaired the Louisiana Republican Party from 1972 to 1976.
Born in Carrollton, Missouri, he graduated from Baton Rouge High School and attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, and for a year, Louisiana State University.[1]
Boyce served as a United States Navy pilot during World War II, and later worked for Caterpillar Company.[1]
Boyce married Katherine Jane Thibaut, with whom he had three sons.[2]
Boyce attended the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, he as an alternate delegate.[3]
Boyce died in 1990, at the age of 67.[1]