Living

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Obituary
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home Website

Dalton I. Boyd, 97, of Lufkin, formerly of Hemphill, passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, October 27,2018 in Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. in Hemphill, Texas.

Graveside services will follow beginning at 12:30 p.m. in Gravel Hill Cemetery, FM 1592, Hemphill, Texas.

Dalton was born in Milam, Texas on August 25, 1921 to Onie Griffin Boyd and Bradford I. Boyd. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Opal; first wife, Mary Ruth Girouard Boyd and second wife, Margaret Petit Lawrence.

He is survived wife, Rita Grimes Boyd; son, Dale Boyd and wife, Cindy, of Florida; daughter, Kay Boyd Mott and husband, Bernard, of Orangefield, Texas; grandchildren, Christopher Boyd of Denver, Colorado, Barbara Boyd Dory and husband, Justin, of Littleton, Colorado, and Stevie Dake Toth and husband, Kodie, of Bridge City, Texas; three great grandchildren; stepson, Don Grimes; step-grandchildren; three step great grandchildren; and one step great-great grandchild.

Dalton was a member of the VFW for life in Hemphill Post 10351. He was a WWII veteran serving in the Philippines. When he returned from the war he went to work at Jefferson Chemical Company in Port Neches. While there, he helped establish the credit union and was on the board of directors for many years. He retired with 33 years of service and moved back to Hemphill.

In lieu of flowers, memorials contributions can be made to the Hemphill VFW, or The Elliot House in Lufkin Tx.

Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

Also published in the Sabine County Reporter on November 7, 2018, Page 6

Dalton married Mary Ruth Girouard before 1948. Mary was born on 14 Mar 1921 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 24 Jun 1994 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 27 Jun 1994 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 29, 1994, Page 8

Mary Ruth Boyd

Mary Ruth Boyd, 73, of Hemphill died at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, 1994, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin.

Funeral services were held Monday at St. Pius I Catholic Church in Hemphill with Father Basil Hoan officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill.

Mrs. Boyd was born March 14, 1921 in Pt. Arthur as a daughter of Andrew and Evelyn Girouard and was a member of St. Pius I Catholic Church. She had lived in Sabine County several years and was a retired homemaker.

Survivors: husband, Dalton I. Boyd of Hemphill; a daughter Kay L. DAKE of Groves; a son, Dale BOYD of Aurora, Colorado; three grandchildren, Christopher BOYD, Barbara Lynn BOYD, and Stephanie DAKE; and two sisters, Marie WALTHER of Lake Livingston and Hazel SWICE of Hemphill.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice in the Pines at 116 S. Raguet; Lufkin, TX 75901.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that he was born in the house his grandfather built, on land he had in turn inherited from his father.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 1B
18-21
Henry W and Arlie (Griffin) Boyd
19-22
Boyd, Imboden B Head M W 34 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Onie Wf F W 38 M 24 Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Dalton Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

Bradford married Onie Viola Griffin on 17 Sep 1916 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Onie (daughter of James Monroe Griffin and Emily Edna White) was born on 17 Feb 1892 in Texas; died on 6 Dec 1968 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Onie Viola Boyd
Death Date: 06 Dec 1968
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 76 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Imboden Boyd
Father's Name: James Griffin
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Emily White
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife & Mother
Place of Residence: Precinct #3, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravelhill
Burial Place: , Sabine, Texas
Burial Date: 08 Dec 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137256
Digital Film Number: 4030475
Image Number: 1384
Reference Number: cn 89465
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas (p. 86)
Virgie Speights
September 15, 1966

All friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Imboden Boyd are invited to an open house on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary, Sunday, September 25, 1966, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. Hosting the event will be their only son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Boyd.

Their wedding on September 17, 1916, was performed by W. E. Dent, a Justice of the Peace, in front of his home in Milam, with the young couple seated in their shined-up buggy, and friends, relatives and neighbors gathered around, in buggies and on horseback......they are thrifty, hard-working farmers possessing an abundant share of integrity. They have always been interested in their school, their church, and their community, and its betterment. Mr. Boyd served as trustee of the Camp Ground school for many years, is active as assistant Sunday School superintendent, and on the Board of Deacons at Bethany Baptist Church at Milam. Mrs. Boyd's health is not up to par and she had to relinquish many of her community activities.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Notes:

Virgie Speights, in a biography of Imboden Boyd written September, 1966, stated that he was a grandson of Joseph Boyd, and great grandson of John Boyd, who came from Nashville, Tennessee in 1835, to settle at Milam, to serve as a Senator in the Republic of Texas, as a sheriff of Sabine County, as well as holding other important positions in early Texas.

(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
115-116
Boyd, William H W M 24 Farmer Tx Ala Ala
Boyd, Sarah E W F 20 F Wf Keeping House Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mattie E W F 2 Dt Tx
Boyd, George W M 8/12 Oct Son Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam No. 4
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 4A Stamped 132
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
Note: Microfilm image was faint and hard to read
Boyd, William Age 44 Texas
Boyd, Sarah Age 38 Texas
Boyd, George Age 19 Texas
Boyd, William H Age 17 Texas
Boyd, Sarah E Age 12 Texas
Boyd, Anna M Age 9 Texas
Boyd, Mary F Age 6 Texas
Boyd, Bradford D Age 4 Texas
Boyd, Maud E Age 10/12 Texas


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Page 12B
230-235
Boyd, William H. Jr Head m W 27 M1 3 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Mary E. Wf F W 23 M2 3 0/0 Tx Ga Tx
231-236
Boyd, William H Sr Head M W 54 m1 33 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Boyd, Sarah E. Wf F W 49 m1 33 9/8 Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mary F Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Bradford I Son M w 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Boyd, Maud E. Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
232-237
Madison and Mattie Conn family

William married Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown before 1880. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 23 Aug 1860 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Alexander Henderson McGOWN and Elizabeth STOVALL, both born in Tennessee and died in Sabine County, Texas.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Bob-Moon/GENE10-0005.html

James married Emily Edna White on 5 Jun 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Emily (daughter of John Ragan White and Jemimah Amazia Vardeman) was born about 1868 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; died about 1965 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]