Sidney K. Boyd

Reverend Sidney Kermit Boyd, age 66, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at his retirement home in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Rev. Boyd was born in Tazewell County, Virginia and was the son of the late Bert Lambert and Pansy Mae Bales Boyd. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served his country during the Vietnam War. For more than 27 years, he taught English in the public schools of Tazewell County, Virginia and later accepted a calling into the ministry, which spanned more than 18 years. He and his wife Rev. Betty Neal Boyd served United Methodist Churches in the Holston Conference. Tip Top and Wrights Valley Churches in Virginia and in the Western North Carolina Conference including Polkton, Poplar Hill, Wightman and Mt. Vernon Churches in Anson County, Pilot View, Shoals and Whitaker?s Chapel in Surry County. He was active in the communities in which he lived, especially in the Lions Club, Pilot Ruritan Club, Boy Scouts of America the advisory board of Anson County Hospice and the bereavement camps for children sponsored through Hospice. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Hershal and Harry Boyd. Survivors include: Wife, The Reverend Betty Neal Boyd Daughters Katherine Boyd of Concord, North Carolina Stephanie Boyd Durner and husband John of Mooresville, North Carolina Bettylyn Krafft and husband Jeffrey of Waxhaw, North Carolina Sisters: Jackie Webb and husband Grat of Raven, Virginia. Rebecca Fletcher of Kingsport, Tennessee Brothers: Tommy Boyd and wife Margaret of Kingsport of Tennessee Kenneth Boyd and wife Marion of Doran, Virginia Sister-in-law, Margaret Boyd of Rosedale, Virginia Grandchildren: John Durner, V, Sydney Durner and Jordan Krafft Funeral Services for Rev. Sidney Kermit Boyd will be held Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 2:00 pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Virginia with Mr. Mike Stoots officiating. Pallbearers will be Kenny Boyd, Scott Boyd, Keith Boyd, Steve Boyd, Jim Boyd, Tim Wallace and Robert Lane. Honorary Pallbearers will be Richard Dailey and Woody Dailey. Entombment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Military Graveside Rites will be conducted by the Casey-Shortt VFW Post #9640 and Tazewell County Chapter # 31 Disabled American Veterans. The family will greet friends Friday, March 25, 2005 form 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia.. Memorial contributions may be made to The Smile Train, Suite 2201, 245 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, The Richlands Lion Club, The Pilot Ruritan Club, Pilot Mountain, NC, The Foothills Food Pantry, Dobson, NC or The Pilot Outreach Program, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 The Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro, North Carolina and the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.

Sidney K. Boyd

May 13, 1938 - March 22, 2005