Alyce Pearl Silcox Emmons

July 8, 2026

Alyce Pearl Silcox Emmons, of Pensacola, FL, died Tuesday, June 30th, 2026, at her home. She was born on July 30, 1937, in Alabama to the late Henry D. and Annie Givens Silcox. She attended Beulah Elementary and J.M. Tate High School and met her future husband, Edward O. Emmons, while working at the Sky Chief Theater in Brownsville. They married on April 13, 1954, and were married for 57 years until Ed’s death in 2011.

Alyce worked at the commissary on base in San Antonio while Ed was stationed there in the Army and when they returned home, she worked for the Pensacola News Journal, Mitchell Motors, and Gulf Power before helping Ed to start Ed Emmons Steel Erectors, Inc. in 1977.

Alyce was a charter member of Shimron Temple #133, was a former member of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), where she enjoyed spending time with friends. She thoroughly enjoyed trips to Las Vegas and Biloxi where she was extremely lucky!

She is survived by daughter Elissa E. Hall, son David Emmons (Leigh), daughter Suzanne Hollingsworth (Russell), and her grandchildren Stephanie Walker (Taylor), Jacob Hall, Jonathan and Lindsay Emmons, Morgan Wingo, and Caitlyn and Hannah Hollingsworth. She is also survived by one sister, Margaret McLarin, brother-in-law Larry Emmons, Sr., and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 8th, 2026, from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm with the funeral service to immediately follow at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, Cantonment, FL. Burial with be at First Baptist Church of Beulah cemetery. Pallbearers are Randy Blake, Alan Sparr, Bruce Stewart, Manfred Laner, Joe Laner, and Joey Sharaway.

The family wishes to thank Peoples Hospice and Palliative care for their excellent and compassionate care of Alyce during the past month. Memorials may be made to Hadji Shrine Transportation Fund or Peoples Hospice.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 South, Cantonment, FL is in charge of arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries