Bernice Peters Jacobs

VIRGINIA BEACH – Bernice Peters Jacobs, “Nici,” age 97, passed away on May 28, 2025. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and proud great-grandmother.

Bernice was born in Richmond, Virginia, to parents, Robert S. Peters and Ida Coplan Peters. Bernice was preceded in death by her husband of more than 60 years, Alvin Jacobs.

She and Alvin raised their family in Petersburg, Va., and later retired to Virginia Beach. She was also preceded in death by her three siblings, Ruth Peters Jacobson, Freda Peters Mollen, and Herbert Peters.

She turned her lifelong passion of antiques into a successful career, working up until her early 90s, most recently at Barrett Street Antiques in Virginia Beach.

She is survived by her loving daughters, Amy Lynn Jacobs, of Virginia Beach, and Ann Jacobs Bocock and her husband, James Bocock, of Boca Raton, Fla.; her granddaughter, Blair Bocock DeMinico and her husband, Thomas DeMinico; and great-granddaughter, Coralie DeMinico, of Fort Myers, Fla.

To honor her memory and her love of children, the family asks that donations be made to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters.
To honor her wishes, there will be no service. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.