Late Sterling Joyce honored at Deck The Chairs in Jacksonville Beach

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Photo from Sterling Joyce solemnisation astatine Deck The Chairs. (News4JAX.com)

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Fans and friends of a fable successful the beaches assemblage paid tribute to the precocious Sterling Joyce connected Wednesday night, hosting him a day party.

The longtime maître d’ of the Casa Marina Hotel and Restaurant successful Jacksonville Beach died earlier this month. He was 71.

Joyce is remembered arsenic the king of beaches hospitality. The assemblage remembered him astatine its yearly Deck The Chairs event.

Ernest Glover, his brother, was touched that starfish were presented to those donating successful Joyce’s name.

Starfish fixed to those who donated. (News4Jax.com)

“This is outstanding. It’s thing everyone tin retrieve him by. It’s fundamentally his trademark,” Glover said. “Everyone knows erstwhile they spot that prima that they’re getting the champion idiosyncratic successful the world.”

Glover said his brother’s grown children privation to proceed giving backmost -- thing their begetter has agelong been known for doing. His daughter, Tanya, volition transportation that on, Glover said, with the Sterling Joyce Foundation.

“The foundation instauration volition bash a batch with BEAM, (Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry) ‘cause that’s his dream. He ever enjoyed doing it,” Glover said.

For years, Joyce hosted a enactment for his birthday.

This year, successful grant of the yearly celebration, a artifact thrust was held astatine the Seawalk Pavilion. Those toys volition beryllium distributed by BEAM and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.