Obituaries: Amanda Harper Boyd, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American 
Date: February 14, 1936
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Mrs. Amanda Boyd Succumbs To Heart Attack At Urania

Member of Pioneer Family of Section. Sister To S. J. Harper

Mrs. Amanda S. Boyd, age 79, member of one of the pioneer families of this
section, diedat her home at Urania Thursday of last week following a sudden
heart attack.

Mrs. Boyd before her marriage to the late J. D. Boyd was Miss Amanda Harper,
sister of S. J. Harper of Winnfield and W. J. Harper of Crowville, all of whom
with their parents came here from Mississippi in about 1862.

The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services were were
conducted Thursday afternoon, February 6, by the Rev. J. F. Daffin of Olla and
interment was made in the Nelson Cemetery in Ward 2, Winn Parish.

She is survived by three sons, J. Wright Boyd, Curtis Boyd and Lewis Boyd of
Urania, two daughters, Mrs. Anna Harris, Forest, La., and Miss Zella Boyd of
Urania; two brothers, S. J. Harper of Winnfield and W. J. Harper of Crowville,
and one sister, Mrs. Kate Vickers of Sikes.