Lamar-Monroe-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Boyd, Mary Guerry May 21, 1962
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In Memoriam
MRS. MARY GUERRY BOYD
     In the passing of Mrs. Mary Guerry Boyd of Lamar County on May 21, 1962, 
the Methodist denomination, in both the North and South Georgia Conferences, 
sustained the loss of a devoted and loyal member.
     Mrs. Boyd had been united with the Methodist Church for perhaps a longer 
period of time than any other living member in Georgia, having joined the 
First Methodist Church in Americus, Georgia, in childhood, and for the past 
fifty years having been a member of Prospect Methodist Church near 
Barnesville, Georgia.  She would have been 104 years of age on September third 
of this year.
     Through these many years, until she became physically unable, she was 
active in all phases of church work, serving as President of the Missionary 
Society, a leader of the youth in the Epworth League, and as a teacher in the 
Sunday School.
     Mrs. Boyd was a deep student of the Bible.  In her late seventies she 
attended the Pastor's Bible School at Wesleyan College for four consecutive 
years, making all A's.  Later she was awarded several gold stars to be placed 
on her certificate through correspondence study courses.
     She left a priceless heritage of writings:  commentaries on the Bible, on 
outstanding characters of the Bible, along with inspirational articles on 
christian living and experiences.  Many beautiful poems are among her "papers" 
(as she called them).
     The words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow may well be applied to the life 
of Mrs. Mary Guerry Boyd:  "Feeling is deep and still, and the word that 
floats on the surface is but a tossing buoy which betrays where the anchor is 
hidden."
     So was her outward Christian life of service but a reflection of her deep 
faith and inner spiritual life.
     Prospect Methodist Church   
                      (Redbone)

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