Boyce Barry Nesbitt, 66, Muscle Shoals, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2023. Visitation will be Friday, December 8, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel with Tommy West officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield.
Boyce was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church, where he served as Deacon. He worked as a police officer for twenty years with the Muscle Shoals Police Department, earning the rank of Sergeant, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. He then worked for ten years as an electrical inspector and retired with the City of Muscle Shoals. Boyce was a proud supporter of Muscle Shoals Athletics and served as Boosters Club President. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, and camping. He was a huge Alabama fan. But most of all, Boyce enjoyed helping people. He never met a stranger and enjoyed the friendships that he made in his community. Boyce was preceded in death by his parents, Freddie and Peggy Nesbitt; and brother, Freddie Nesbitt.
Boyce is survived by his wife, Tina Denton Nesbitt; children, Brett Ann Nesbitt and Grant Nesbitt; sister, Fredda Woodis; brother, Robbie Nesbitt; and grandchildren, Ariel Hayven Nesbitt and Khloe Skye Thompson.
Pallbearers will be Tim Mashburn, Scott Nesbitt, Lee Nesbitt, Lee Pendergrass, Gregg Pounders, and Houston Mashburn. Ronald Nesbitt, Wallace Hannon, Frankie Crow, Tom Berryman, and Bobby Joe Bostick will serve as honorary pallbearers.
