Myrtis Belle (Joyce) Colbeth (1903 - 1983)

Born 14 Jul 1903 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elden Arthur Colbeth — married 7 Mar 1927 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1983 at age 79 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Descendant of Myles Standish.

Descendant of John Alden.

Descendant of Richard Warren.

Descendant of Henry Samson.

Biography

Myrtis Belle was born in 1903. She was the daughter of Roscoe Conklin Joyce and Mary Olive Smith. Mertis J. Colbeth, 79, died March 29, 1983, at her home on Swan's Island. She was the wife of the late Elden Colbeth. She was born at Swan's Island, July 13, 1903, the daughter of Roscoe and Mary (Smith) Joyce. For many years she belonged to Atlantic Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society. She was a Sunday School teacher and superintendent, clerk and organist of Atlantic Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mary Johnson of North Kingston, R.I.; one son, Arthur Colbeth of Bass Harbor; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one brother, James "Bradley" Joyce of Atlantic; several nieces and nephews and many cousins. Funeral services will be held 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Baptist Church, Swan's Island, with the Rev. George Springer officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to call at the Atlantic Baptist Church, from 9 - 11 a.m. Thursday. Those who wish may make donations to the Atlantic Baptist Church in Myrtis' memory. Arrangements by Fernald Funeral Chapel, Mount Desert. She was buried on 31 March 1983 in Rose Hill cemetery, Atlantic.

Myrtis Belle Joyce and Elden Arthur Colbeth had the following children:

• i. Mary Sue Colbeth
• ii.Arthur Elden Colbeth
• iii.Paul Edward Colbeth

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQK-RQN : 16 December 2020), Joyce, 14 Jul 1903; citing Swan's Island, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
• http://www.swansisland.org/swansgenealogy/JamesJoyce/b626.htm#P626
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176880873/myrtis-belle-colbeth