Eulogistic Service for
Deacon Benjamin Boyd
ST. JOSEPH BAPTIST CHURCH St. H elena Island, S.C. K enneth C. D oe, Pastor Interm ent:
B eaufort N ational C e m e te ry B eaufort, South C a ro lin a
Thursday, N o ve m b e r 12,1987 11 O 'c lo c k A.M .

O RDER O F SERVICE
PROCESSIONAL
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REM A RKS........................................ Deacon Prince Legree
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EU LO G Y...........................................Pastor Kenneth C. Doe
B EN ED IC TIO N
REC ESSIO N A L
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Sunset and evening star: And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning o f the bar,
When I p ut out to sea. Twilight and evening bell, And a fte r tha t the dark! And may there be no sadness o f farewell,
When I embark. For tho` from out our bourne o f time and place
The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my pilot face to face,
When I have crossed the bar.

O BITUA RY
Benjamin F. Boyd w ent to rest Saturday, November 7, 1987 a t Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He was the son o f the la te Sandy Boyd and Rosanna Reynolds, was born March 10, 1893. Mr. Boyd graduated from Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, in M ay 1915. And received a Bachelor o f Arts Degree from Ham pton Institute, Hampton, Va., in 1918. He married the late Catherine Gregory on June 2, 1926, this union lasted until her death M ay 30,1986. Mr. Boyd was an educator. He taught IndustrialArts fo r twenty nine years a t Penn School; two years a t Robert Smalls High School, Veterans Department. It was during this time th a t he went into business for him self as a Building Contractor. Mr. Boyd joined the Lady's Island Baptist Church a t an early age where he remained active and later served as a member o f the Deacon Board. His sight started failing and he transferred his membership to St. Joseph Baptist Church on St. Helena Island, where he also served on the Deacon Board. On Sunday, November 1,1987 a public declaration was made by the St. Joseph Baptist Church conferring the title Deacon Emeritus upon him, the very first in the fifty year history o f th a t church. Mr. Boyd was a Charter Member o f the Beaufort County Memorial Hospital Board o f Regents, where he served as Emeritus member until his death. He was honored by the Beaufort County Veterans Affairs in June 1986 for loyalservices and devotion to his country. He served with the U.S. Arm y in France and was honorably discharged July 14, 1914. Survivors are two grand-nephews, Nathaniel Boyd, Sr., and Joseph Boyd, Jr., o f New Rochell, NY; two grand-nieces, Ms. Catherine Boyd, New Rochell, NY and Mrs. Beulah Polite, Savannah, G a.; second cousins, Willis Reynolds, Mrs. Rosa Beasley and Jam es Robinson o fLady's Island, Mrs. Mary Cooper o fSavannah, Ga.; two fostered cousins, Mrs. Irene P. Carter o f Washington, DC, Ralph Middleton, Silver Spring, MD; a special friend, Mrs. Florne DeVega; many other relatives and friends.

A C KN O W LED G EM EN T: Words are inadequate to express our gratitude to
the friends who shared in our bereavement. - The Fam ily -
PALLBEARERS; Deacon Prince Legree Deacon John G lover Deacon Jam es Smalls Deacon Benjam in Johnson Deacon Joseph B. Sherman Deacon York G lover
FLOW ER BEARERS; Deaconesses & Ushers
ARRANGEMENTS BY W. Leon Sherm an M ortuary St. Helena Island, South Carolina 29920
Com m ittal and M ilitary Honors a t the National Cem etery