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William Embrey “Bill” Boyd

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William Embrey “Bill” Boyd

Birth
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Oct 2009 (aged 86)
Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Mr. William (Bill) Boyd, 86, of Hill Street, Pilot Mountain, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness.

Mr. Boyd was born in Surry County, Mount Airy, Dec. 26, 1922, to the late Jasper Percy and Mary Belton Boyd. He was retired from Bentley Machine in Mount Airy, was a tireless and faithful volunteer with the Pilot Mountain Outreach Ministries and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pilot Mountain.

Left to cherish his memory are his daughter and son-in-law, Marianne Boyd Dean and husband Curtis of Christiansburg, Va.; three grandchildren, Daniel Jessup and fiancée Arwen Pini, Sarah Huddleston and Jennifer and Jason Tabor; three great-grandchildren, Justin Tabor, Jackson Tabor and Chase Huddleston; and two sisters, Lorraine Oakley and Ruby Timmons, both of Mount Airy.

Mr. Boyd was preceded in death by his wife, Madelene Smith Boyd; a sister, Basco Dix; and brother, Coy Boyd.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Pilot Mountain by the Rev. Gene Sherrill. Burial will be in the Pilot Mountain City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Cox-Needham Funeral Home and Chapel in Pilot Mountain Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. and at other times at the Boyd Home, Hill Street, Pilot Mountain.

Memorials may be made to the Pilot Mountain Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 190, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041.
Mr. William (Bill) Boyd, 86, of Hill Street, Pilot Mountain, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness.

Mr. Boyd was born in Surry County, Mount Airy, Dec. 26, 1922, to the late Jasper Percy and Mary Belton Boyd. He was retired from Bentley Machine in Mount Airy, was a tireless and faithful volunteer with the Pilot Mountain Outreach Ministries and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pilot Mountain.

Left to cherish his memory are his daughter and son-in-law, Marianne Boyd Dean and husband Curtis of Christiansburg, Va.; three grandchildren, Daniel Jessup and fiancée Arwen Pini, Sarah Huddleston and Jennifer and Jason Tabor; three great-grandchildren, Justin Tabor, Jackson Tabor and Chase Huddleston; and two sisters, Lorraine Oakley and Ruby Timmons, both of Mount Airy.

Mr. Boyd was preceded in death by his wife, Madelene Smith Boyd; a sister, Basco Dix; and brother, Coy Boyd.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Pilot Mountain by the Rev. Gene Sherrill. Burial will be in the Pilot Mountain City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Cox-Needham Funeral Home and Chapel in Pilot Mountain Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. and at other times at the Boyd Home, Hill Street, Pilot Mountain.

Memorials may be made to the Pilot Mountain Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 190, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041.


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  • Created by: Rich K
  • Added: Oct 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42875768/william_embrey-boyd: accessed ), memorial page for William Embrey “Bill” Boyd (26 Dec 1922–3 Oct 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42875768, citing Pilot Mountain City Cemetery, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Rich K (contributor 46796115).