Della Mae Boyd

Wife of Noble H. Boatright.

They have 1 daughter (Mary Lucinda Watson) and 1 son (Bobby Dee Boatright) buried at Boatright Cemetery. They also have a granddaughter buried there, Sharon Kay Watson.She is also Mary Watson's daughter, who died from pneumonia in 1955.

The Madison County Record

Huntsville, AR

19 May 1977

Mrs. Della Mae Boatright, 71, Springdale, died May 14 in a Fayetteville hospital. Born October 10, 1905, at Wesley, she was the daughter of Allan and Emma Elkins Boyd, and was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Noble Boatright of the home; three sons, Alvin, Bobby and Earl Boatright, all of Springdale; three daughters, Mrs. Doris Myers, Hope, Mrs. Mary Lou Watson, Galdstone, Wash., and Mrs. Emma Wilson, Springdale; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Boatright, Springdale, Mrs. Ollie Byrd, Lincoln, Nebr., and Mrs. Minnie Byrd, Chelan, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Moore's Chapel, with Rev. Leon Gregory officiating. Burial was in Boatright Cemetery (Madison County) under the direction of Moore's.

Pallbearers were Dale Lackey, Johnnie Collins, Robert Tipton, Owen Stamps, Donnie Holland, and Jerry McDonald.