Brenda Shalett Boyd, age 61 of Carrollton, passed away July 4, 2021. She was born March 9, 1960 in Carrollton, Georgia, to the late W. J. Cooley and Mary Frances Boyd Farmer. She is survived by her loving father, JW Farmer, and stepmother, Hazel Cooley. She received her Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree and worked as an Administrative Assistant at Burwell Psychoeducational Center for more than 40 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bowdon. She enjoyed cooking, eating crab legs, traveling, teaching and taking care of others.

In addition to her mother, she is preceded in death by her brother, Anthony Cooley. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her husband, David Knight of Carrollton; her two sons, Demetrius Boyd and James Knight; her god-children, Allison Brown, Marshawn Farrish, Niyla Denson, Tytan Towns, Shannon Morris, Joshua Wheeler, and Shirley Hardy; six grandchildren, Josh Knight, Benjamin Knight, Jedidiah Knight, Chianne Baily, David L. Knight, Achantise Casson, and Malasia Casson; sisters and brother-in-law, Sonya and Pastor Ricky Mitchell , Melissa Perry, Tequila Farmer and Angela Cooley; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Reginald "Sam" and Hopegude Boyd and Scotty and Susan Cooley.

Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM from First Baptist Church of Bowdon with Rev. Aaron Kight and Rev. Nick Reese officiating. Interment will follow in Carrollton City Cemetery with Joshua Mitchell, Jeff Brown, Joshua Wheeler, Truitt Moten, David L. Knight, Joshua Knight, Benjamin Knight, and O'Brian Kimball serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel on Friday, July 9, 2021 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM.

Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel has charge of the arrangements.