Cheryl A. Boyce

Cheryl A. Boyce was born on June 17, 1949 to Mr. and Mrs. John and Alberta Bobbitt and raised in East St. Louis, IL. She passed into the loving arms of our Lord on August 25, 2020 at Doctor’s West Hospital in Columbus, OH. Cheryl was the Executive Director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for 24 years and helped 30+ states replicate the model. She was a pioneer in the Minority Health Month movement and organized the first celebration in Ohio in 1989. She was an active member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church. She is survived by her devoted husband, Russell Elliott Boyce; daughter Ebony (Dedric) Carter, St. Louis, MO; three granddaughters, Azaria, Aniah, and Akenzia Carter; siblings Charles (Anna) Bobbitt, Florissant, MO, and Mary E. Bobbitt, Lee Summit, MO; mother-in-Law, Dorothy Boyce, Yellow Springs, OH; sisters-in-law, Clarenda (Chris) Jordan, McKinney, TX, and Elaine Boyce, Beaver Creek, OH; and a host of nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins and dear friends.