General Information

Birth
22 FEB 1883
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
14 DEC 1968
Springdale, Washiington County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas

Notes

William Henry Boyd

85, Route 3, Springdale, died Dec. 14 in the Springdale Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 22, 1883 at Drakes Creek and was a Baptist.

Survivors include two sons, Ray Boyd of Springdale and Earl Boyd of Fullerton, Calif., one daughter, Mrs. Mary Pennington of Fullerton, Calif.; seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Drakes Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Claudie Counts and Rev. Jake Drake officiating.

Burial was in the Drakes Creek cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home.

Parents

David William Boyd
- Father
1857 - 1891
Birth
26 JAN 1857
Madison County, Arkansas
Death
1891
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Sarah Jane Drake
- Mother
1856 - 1895
Birth
1856
Death
1895
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas

Spouses

Dora A. Counts
- Wife
1883 - 1905
Birth
28 JAN 1883
Madison County, Arkansas
Married
1901
Death
20 JUN 1905
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas

Children

Myrtha Beulah Boyd
- Daughter
1903 - 1935
Birth
6 SEP 1903
Death
9 JUN 1935
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Vera Lela Boyd
- Daughter
1916 - 1944
Birth
23 JAN 1916
Madison County, Arkansas
Death
31 AUG 1944
Japton, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Willie Fay Ball
- Son
1918 - 1941
Birth
29 JUL 1918
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Death
23 JUN 1941
Fayetteville, Wahington County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas