GROVETOWN, Ga. - Entered into rest Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Doctors Hospital, Mrs. Blanche Hendrix Boyd, 83, wife of Ruben B. Boyd of Grovetown. Mrs. Boyd was a native and lifelong resident of the Augusta area. She was a homemaker and active member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. She also taught Sunday school there. Family members in addition to her husband include her daughter: Donna Kaye Stouder of Grovetown; sons: Michael B. Boyd and wife Monica of Augusta, Joseph W. Boyd, Sr. and wife Cissy of Lake Oconee, GA; grandchildren: Emily B. Lyday, Joseph W. Boyd, Jr., Wesley E. Boyd, William M. B. Boyd, Charlotte E. Boyd, Alex B. Boyd, Taylor M. Stouder and sisters: Nettie H. Hardin and Iris H. Drummond. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 6, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Thomas Poteet & Son with Dr. Billy Turner and Rev. Lloyd Green officiating. Active pallbearers will be Dave Stouder, Paul E. Lyday and her 4 grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be the Willing Workers Sunday School Class and the Deacons of Mt. Lebanon. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday, July 5, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. www.thomaspoteet.com

The Augusta Chronicle-July 4, 2009