Ouachita-Catahoula County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BOYD, GENE S. February 2, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006026 February 7, 2009, 1:37 pm News Star World - February 7, 2009 DR. GENE S. BOYD Young's Funeral Home Jonesville, LA Funeral services for Dr. Gene S. Boyd, 81, of Harrisonburg, LA, were held at First United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM with Dr. George Wortham officiating. Interment will follow at Harrisonburg Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home in Jonesville. Dr. Boyd was born September 30, 1927 in Monroe, LA and passed away Monday February 2, 2009 at Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday. She was a resident of Harrisonburg; An Educator, serving as Supervisor of Special Education of Catahoula Parish at retirement. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church Harrisonburg, where she served as Sunday school teacher and organist for many years. Mrs. Gene was involved in many different organizations, including the Harrisonburg Women's Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in Death by her husband Judge R.P. Boyd, Jr., father and mother Jesse James Smith and Genie P. Smith a sister Mary Elizabeth Milstead, and a niece-Sally Clark Survivors include a daughter Lauri Gene Boyd of Natchez, MS; son-James Richard "Bub" Boyd, Sr. and wife Chrisi of Jonesville, LA; grandson James Richard "Jay" Boyd, Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA; granddaughter Johanna Caroline Boyd of Jonesville, LA; nieces Mary Lee Moeler and Karen Rao; special care givers Betty Ewing, Faye Masters and Darlene Grantham. The Pallbearers were Jared Mophett, Robby Swayze, Bill McHale, Bill Womack, Bill Crawford and George Evans. The Honorary Pallbearers were Dr. Sam Dale, Dr. Billy Coney, Jay Boyd, Sam Boyd, Stevie Gibson, Dr. Joe Green, John Ed Bartmess, Carmen Walker, John Sturgeon, Richard Price, Jimmy Moeler and Tom Rao. The family received friends at Young's Funeral Home, Jonesville, LA. from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/b/boyd3033gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb