Mr. Eugene Charles McGregor Boyle

COLUMBIA - Eugene Charles McGregor Boyle died Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Born on September 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Belton Boyle. He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Nancy Robinson Ruff Boyle. Mac grew up in Columbia, graduated from USC, and served in the Navy. He worked at Boyle Vaughan Agency and later at Blue Cross where he was instrumental in the creation of Companion Life. Mac spent his summers at Newcastle, the Pawleys Island home of his grandmother, Daisy Wells McGregor. In 1960, he and Nancy bought the Summer Rectory which they named The End of the Rainbow. Their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have loved the beach as they did. Mac was elected to the Town Council shortly after the town’s incorporation and served for many years, including several years as the interim mayor. A man of great faith, Mac was a life-long member of Trinity Cathedral and a supporter of Holy Cross Faith Memorial at Pawleys Island. Mic, as he was called by his grandchildren and great grandchildren, is survived by his children: Robin McLeod (Yancey), Laurie Hopkins (Christie), Arney Love (Dan) and Greg Boyle (Kelly). He had ten grandchildren: Earle McElveen (Kellie), Margaret Willcox (Hugh), Yancey McLeod (Amy), Alice Meyer (Chris), Elizabeth Wallace (Clint), Gordon McLeod (Kathryn), Mac Boyle III, Nancy Love, Tommy Hopkins, and Sondra Boyle. He was much loved by his nine great grandsons, Wells and Ellis McElveen, Hugh, Charles and Jack Willcox, Benet and Palmer Meyer, and Reynolds and Caid Wallace. He was looking forward to the arrival of the tenth in May. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. The family will receive friends after the funeral at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Dan Love. Memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29201 or the Holy Cross Faith Memorial, 85 Baskerville Drive, Pawleys Island, SC 29585.