Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Colley, Marion Toombs February 27, 1973
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Washington-Wilkes News Reporter, 4 March 1973
Obituary, Washington-Wilkes News-Reporter, 4 March 1973
Mrs. Marion C. Boyd
Graveside services for Mrs. Marion Toombs Colley Boyd, 98 [error, should be 
94], were held Wednesday afternoon, February 28, at 4 p.m. in Resthaven 
Cemetery. She died Tuesday, February 27. Mrs. Boyd was a native of Washington, 
the eldest of the children of the late Frank Harris and Katherine Toombs 
Colley. One of the earliest successful newspaper women in America, Mrs. Boyd 
was a reporter and feature writer on the New York Post and the New York 
Herald. She wrote extensively for some of the leading periodicals. She was the 
first woman delegate to the National Democratic Convention and was the widow 
of the late Dr. William Kenneth Boyd who was professor of history and director 
of libraries at Duke University. In her later years Mrs. Boyd returned to her 
home in Washington where she continued to be active in writing and reporting, 
serving as correspondent for Atlanta newspapers. She was a member of the 
Episcopal Church of the Mediator in Washington.
Survivors include a nephew, Frank Harris Colley of Washington; and two nieces, 
Mrs. Paul Turner Goldsmith of Washington and Mrs. Jack Bert Reiber of 
Marietta. Hopkins Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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