General Information

Birth
27 MAR 1904
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
14 JUL 1984
Yakima, Yakima County, Washington
Burial
West Hills Memorial Park

Notes

The Madison County Record

Huntsville, AR

26 Jul 1984

Olen Elvis Boyd, 80, of Yakima, Wash., died Saturday, July 14, 1984 at his home.

He was born on Mar. 27, 1904, in Madison County to Virgil and Emma Neal Boyd. On Mar. 27, 1937, he married Grace Howard in Huntsville. They lived in Portland for a short time before moving to Yakima in 1937. Mr. Boyd was a retired rancher.

Survivors include his wife, Grace Boyd of Yakima; a son, Clifford Smith of Yakima; three daughters, Mrs. Winifred Lester of Ventura, Calif., Mrs. Aileen Baney of Salem, Ore. and Mrs. Joyce Kennedy of Pendleton, Ore.; two brothers, Vernon Boyd and Walter Dunlap both of Ark.; five sisters, Reba Dunn and Loretta Moore, both of Calif., Gladys Boatright and Marie Wiseman, both of Ark. and Edna Teel of Granger; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Graveside services were Tuesday, July 17, in West Hills Memorial Park under direction of Langevin-Mussettler Funeral Home.

Parents

Virgil Wilson Boyd
- Father
1882 - 1924
Birth
19 JUN 1882
Death
7 AUG 1924
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Wesley Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Mary Emmiline Neal
- Mother
1886 - 1971
Birth
27 SEP 1886
Madison County, Arkansas
Death
29 OCT 1971
Fayetteville, Washingnton County, Arkansas
Burial
Wesley Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas

Spouses

Elsie Chloe Duncan
- Wife
1906 - 1935
Birth
12 JUL 1906
Madison County, Arkansas
Married
1922
Death
30 JUN 1935
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Wesley Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Grace Eunice Howard
- Wife
1912 - 2000
Birth
1 JAN 1912
Georgetown, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
7 FEB 2000
Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon
Burial
West Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Yakima, Washington

Children

Winifred Boyd
- Daughter