WILLIAM SHERMAN BOYD
1943
City Resident Buried On August 27th
A lifelong resident of Paintsville, William Sherman Boyd, age 77,
passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 1943, at the Paintsville Clinic
after a lingering illness.
His early life was spent on the river, having owned and operated a
steamboat on the Big Sandy River. Later he was engaged in the
timber business and in real estate.
His children are Mrs. Wilda Butcher, R. C. Boyd, G.V. Boyd,
Ashland, and Bryan Boyd, Denver Col. Six of his twelve
grandchildren are in the armed forces, namely, W. S. Boyd,
Lieutenant in the Air Force, Tucson, Ariz., Stuart Boyd, chief
petty officer, U.S. Navy, Oakland, Calif., Richard C. Boyd, U. S.
Navy, Chicago, Ill., Frank S. Boyd, U. S. Navy, convoy duty in
Atlantic, and Russell Boyd, Pearl Harbor.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, August 26, 1943, at
the residence of Mrs. Butcher. The Revs. Guy Coffman and Charles
Perry conducted the service Music was in charge of Mrs. Carmel
Murray. Pallbearers were C. H. Vinson, Dan Wheeler, Tom Butler,
Jack Hager, Henry Potter, Russell Price and Ernest Meek.
Internment was made in the Preston cemetery.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
09-02-1943