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| Boyd, Mary Boyle 214737 |
| Birth: 03/01/1846 Death: 03/01/1919 Marriage: 06/19/1866 |
| Cemetery: Evergreen (C2-09-02) |
| Record Source: Texas Death Certificate |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025) |
| Notes From an undated-unnamed newspaper obituary clipping from 'The Paris Scrapbook' donated by Skipper Steely: "Mrs. Mary Boyd Died Early This Morning After Brief Illness- MARCH 2, 1919- Mrs. Mary Boyd, widow of the late A. P. Boyd and one of the oldest citizens of Paris, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Murray Easton on South Church Street. The body will be taken today to the home of her son, Sayers Boyd, on South Main street, and the funeral services will be held there Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. R. P. Shuler after which burial will be made beside her husband in Evergreen. Mrs. Boyd was taken ill Saturday morning and went to Mrs. Easton's where she was seen by her physician. Her illness was not thought to be serious and while she was quite sick during the afternoon it was believed that she would soon be relieved, as the ailment was apparently a slight indigestion. The malady became acute however and before she or others at the house realized it she had passed away. She had talked with Mrs. Easton a few minutes before her death and was in full possession of her faculties. Mrs. Easton was in the same room with her and hearing an unusual note in her breathing went to her and found that death had come quickly and painlessly. Born in Alabama March 1, 1846, Mary Boyle went with her parents to Mississippi in early childhood and at Aberdeen, MS, was married to Austin P. Boyd on his return from the Confederate Army in June 1865. Coming to Texas in 1869 she had her husband went first to Greenville but in a few weeks came to Paris, Mrs. Boyd reaching here Feb. 1, 1869, to join her husband who had come here a few days before and decided that this city was to be their future home. Here she had lived since that date- just one month more [torn] ..fty years, a half century [torn]... history of all Paris has [torn] ... done. Her life ended [torn] ... hours after she, had reached her seventy third birthday and found her ready to go to the other side, to join the loved ones who had preceded her and the Lord and Savior whom she worshiped truly and by deed as well as by word. Surviving Mrs. Boyd are two sons, Dr. Arthur J. Boyd, now in the army service at Ft. Worth and Sayers Boyd, owner of THE NEWS, and her daughters, Mrs. Easton and Mrs. Henley Ballinger of Paris and Mrs. Atha Thomas of Talihina, OK. The children who live in Paris had given her a birthday dinner Friday evening and the family reunion was one of the happinesses on which they can look back through the years to come. Her only regret was that all the children and grandchildren could not be present. Mrs. Boyd was a good woman and when that is truly said what more is there to say. Her goodness was on the sort that does the little things that so many of us over look, in addition to the big things that everyone likes to have a part in, and she did either equally well. A sincere member of the church she did its material as well as spiritual work all her days, and her personal charity was proverbial. She gave to the limit of her own substance and then asked from others what was needed to finish the relief that presented itself. She was one of the pioneers in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and fought the liquor curse with every energy she could summon. She was the moving spirit in what developed in the Aikin Charity hospital and for years she and the few faithful women allied with her kept up the good work until its necessity was realized by others who were more able to carry it on. She was a leader in other good works so numerous as to forbid individual mention at this time. she was a woman of large intellect and familiar with the world and its events to the very day of her death. Friends she had in every walk of life and those in the smallest cottage were as dear as those in the mansion. She was a woman whom her children could call blessed and a woman whose passing will bring a pang to many hearts as they remember the sunshine she has scattered along her pathway." Information from Texas Death Certificate: Sexton record had 15 May 1932 as interment date. Buried next to A. P. Boyd. |
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