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- Roanoke Times
December 14, 2012
Doris Cornelia Bassett Boyd
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Doris Cornelia Bassett Boyd, 87, of Lynchburg and formerly of Riner, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Mrs. Boyd was born August 12, 1925, in Bassett, and she was the daughter of the late William Hunter Bassett and Dara Eggleston Bassett. Mrs Boyd was a graduate of Lynchburg College and taught at various elementary schools for several years. She also attended Radford University and received her master's degree in educational media in 1981. She then spent 13 years on the staff at McConnell Library. Surviving are her husband of 60 years, the Reverend John Kearfott Boyd Sr., of Lynchburg; daughter and husband, Anne Boyd Simmerman and Don Simmerman, of Pulaski; sons and their wives, David H.B. Boyd and Susan Boyd, of Forest, William S. Boyd and Fran Boyd, of Pulaski, John K. Boyd Jr., of West Virginia; grandchildren, Rachel Simmerman, Hunter Boyd, Taylor Boyd, Jordan Farmer, Sydney Boyd, Matthew Boyd and Chelsea Turner; great-grandchild, Gavin Farmer; sister, Mary Ann DeHaven, of Roanoke; brother and his wife, William Hunter Bassett Jr. and Nancy Bassett, of Morristown, Tennessee; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the New Dublin Presbyterian Church, Dublin, Friday, December 14, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday from the New Dublin Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Andrew Taylor-Troutman and the Reverend Frank Clark officiating. Burial will be private in the church cemetery. There will be a reception Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the home of David and Susan Boyd for those wishing to pay their respects in Lynchburg. The family would like to express their gratitude to the Warm Hearth Village (Showalter), Heritage Green and Seven Hills Hospice for the kindness and caring shown to our family. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.
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