Miss Lillian Frances Boyd Obituary (1928

Miss Lillian Frances Boyd passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Lillian was born on September 30, 1928, in Oakville, Tennessee, to the late John Calvin and Jewell Wilson Boyd. She graduated from Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee. She was an active member of Oakville United Methodist Church until moving to Bartlett, Tennessee, in 1962. After moving her membership to Bartlett United Methodist Church, she became an active member in the Fidelity Sunday School Class, Senior Adult Fellowship, and several church committees. Lillian retired as Civilian Personnel and Administration Department Supervisor with the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Millington, Tennessee. During her 40-year career with Federal Service, she earned the Meritorious Civilian Service, Superior Civilian Service, and Career Service Awards. In 2001, she moved to her retirement home in Mantee, and became active in Sunday School, missions, and senior adult activities at Mantee Baptist Church. Lillian enjoyed gardening, especially her vegetable and daylily beds, needlework, traveling with her sister throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Europe. She was an avid reader of history, enjoyed crocheting caps for missions, and was the Boyd family historian. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, John Wilson Boyd, and her sister, Patty Sue Boyd. Visitation will be on Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 9:00-10:00 A.M. at Mantee Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 10:00 A.M. with Brother Zach Sanford officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 P.M. from Memphis Memory Gardens, 6444 Raleigh LaGrange Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38134 with Reverend Andy Thompson officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include two nephews, Bryan Shawn Boyd of Bartlett, Tennessee and John Calvin Boyd (Robin) of Mantee; two great nephews, John Wilson "Wil" Boyd (Ashton) of Brandon, and Brady Lynn Boyd of Mantee. Pallbearers will be Calvin Boyd, Shawn Boyd, Brady Boyd, Wil Boyd, Jim Ray, and Wes Johnson. Memorials may be made to Mantee Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 161, Mantee, Mississippi 39751 or to Bartlett United Methodist Church, 5676 Stage Road, Bartlett, Tennessee 38134. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com