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| Boykin, Noble James 'Jimmy' 231972 |
| Birth: 06/18/1914 Death: 11/09/2004 Marriage: 07/13/1943 |
| Cemetery: Hickory Grove (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News |
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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. (12/15/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Nov.10, 2004: 'Nobles James 'Jimmy' Boykin, 90, of Petty died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Cooper-Sorrels Funeral Home Chapel in Honey Grove with the Rev. Mike Fortenberry officiating, assisted by the Rev. Terry Paul Cunningham. Burial follows in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family receives friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He was born June 18, 1914, in Sylvareau, Miss., the son of James Owen Boykin and Carrie Rodgers. He married Myrtie Elizabeth Phillips in Bonham on July 13, 1943. He was a farmer and rancher. He served in the Army during World War II as a staff sergeant. He was a member of White Rock Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Cleo Boykin and Coley Boykin; three sisters, Clara Stephenson, Bernice Stokes and Wilma Buckley. He is survived by his wife, Myrtie Elizabeth Boykin of the home; two sons and daughter-in-laws, Jim and Carol Boykin of Petty, Ed and Donna Boykin of Petty; grandson and wife, Matt and Heather Boykin of Melissa; great-granddaughter, Caroline Boykin; two brothers, Otis Boykin and William Boykin both of Mississippi; two sisters, Lou Annie Luster of Plainview and Cammlia Dagrad of Florida. Pallbearers are Matt Boykin, Coley Boykin, John James, John Mowery, Marvin Gaither and Ricky Snell. Honorary pallbearers are Brad Snell, Scott Snell and Dale Gaither.' THE PARIS NEWS, Nov. 11, 2004: 'Nobles James 'Jimmy' Boykin, 90, of Petty died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Cooper-Sorrels Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Fortenberry officiating, assisted by the Rev. Terry Paul Cunningham. Burial follows in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family receives friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He was born June 18, 1914, in Sylvareau, MS, the son of James Owen Boykin and Carrie Rodgers. He married Myrtie Elizabeth Phillips Boykin in Bonham on July 13, 1943. He was a farmer and rancher. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a staff sergeant. He was a member of White Rock Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Cleo Boykin and Coley Boykin; three sisters, Clara Stephenson, Bernice Stokes and Wilma Buckley. He is survived by his wife, Myrtie Elizabeth Boykin of the home; two sons and daughter-in-laws, Jim and Carol Boykin of Petty, Ed and Donna Boykin of Petty; grandson and wife, Matt and Heather Boykin of Melissa; great-granddaughter, Caroline Boykin; two brothers, Otis Boykin and William Boykin both of Mississippi; two sisters, Lou Annie Luster of Plainview and Cammlia Dagrad of Florida. Pallbearers are Matt Boykin, Coley Boykin, John James, John Mowery, Marvin Gaither and Ricky Snell. Honorary pallbearers are Brad Snell, Scott Snell and Dale Gaither.' On the same stone with wife, Myrtie Elizabeth Phillips Boykin. |
| War Notes Rank World War II |