Funeral services for Dr. Richard Hardy Boyd, 72, physician who died Saturday in the Coffee County Hospital as a result of a heart attack, were held this morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Daves Culbertson Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Madill and Rev. Charles Jackson officiated and burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Dr. Boyd was a native of Hopkinaville, Kentucky, but has practiced in Tullahoma, Tenn. since 1904. He received his medical education in Franklin, Ky. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Thelma Clark Boyd, whom he married in 1904; three sons, W. J. Boyd, Knoxville, Dr, Richard H. Boyd, Jr., Independence, Mo., and James H. Boyd, Lebanon; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Kirk and Miss Mary Frances Boyd, both of Tullahoma. He is also survived by a broth-er, James F. Boyd, Tullahoma and a sister, Mrs. L. L. Allen, Clarksville and four grandchildren.
The Leaf-Chronicle
Clarksville, Tennessee
Monday, November 1, 1954
Page 1
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BOYD, Richard Hardy
Physician; born Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 1, 1882; son of Jas. Young and Alice Eugenia (Boyd) Boyd; paternal grandfather Jas. Henry Boyd, paternal grandmother Mary Catherine (Means) Boyd; maternal grandfather David Boyd, maternal grandmother Tabitha Elizabeth (Shelton) Boyd; Scotch-Irish descent; father's occupation farmer; educated Clarksville Public school, Dinwiddie Prep. School, Draughon's Business College, Nashville; S.O.S. Franklin, Ky.; graduated Southern School Osteopathy Franklin, Ky., D.O. June 23, 1905; married Velma Elizabeth Clark June 27, 1905; member Missionary Baptist church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
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Richard Hardy Boyd
Tennessee Death Records
Name: Richard Hardy Boyd
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Oct 1954
Event Place: Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee
Name of Hospital: Queen City Infirmary
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1983
Age: 71
Usual Residence: Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee
Steet Address: 208 North Jackson
Occupation: Osteopath
Birthplace: Hopkinsville, Ky
Father's Name J.Y. Boyd
Mother's Name Eugenie Boyd Boyd
Informant, Howard Boyd. Lebanon, Tenn.
Date of interment: 1 Nov 1954
Name of Cemetery: Oakwood
Location: Tullahoma, Tenn.
Funeral services for Dr. Richard Hardy Boyd, 72, physician who died Saturday in the Coffee County Hospital as a result of a heart attack, were held this morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Daves Culbertson Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Madill and Rev. Charles Jackson officiated and burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Dr. Boyd was a native of Hopkinaville, Kentucky, but has practiced in Tullahoma, Tenn. since 1904. He received his medical education in Franklin, Ky. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Thelma Clark Boyd, whom he married in 1904; three sons, W. J. Boyd, Knoxville, Dr, Richard H. Boyd, Jr., Independence, Mo., and James H. Boyd, Lebanon; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Kirk and Miss Mary Frances Boyd, both of Tullahoma. He is also survived by a broth-er, James F. Boyd, Tullahoma and a sister, Mrs. L. L. Allen, Clarksville and four grandchildren.
The Leaf-Chronicle
Clarksville, Tennessee
Monday, November 1, 1954
Page 1
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BOYD, Richard Hardy
Physician; born Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 1, 1882; son of Jas. Young and Alice Eugenia (Boyd) Boyd; paternal grandfather Jas. Henry Boyd, paternal grandmother Mary Catherine (Means) Boyd; maternal grandfather David Boyd, maternal grandmother Tabitha Elizabeth (Shelton) Boyd; Scotch-Irish descent; father's occupation farmer; educated Clarksville Public school, Dinwiddie Prep. School, Draughon's Business College, Nashville; S.O.S. Franklin, Ky.; graduated Southern School Osteopathy Franklin, Ky., D.O. June 23, 1905; married Velma Elizabeth Clark June 27, 1905; member Missionary Baptist church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
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Richard Hardy Boyd
Tennessee Death Records
Name: Richard Hardy Boyd
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Oct 1954
Event Place: Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee
Name of Hospital: Queen City Infirmary
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1983
Age: 71
Usual Residence: Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee
Steet Address: 208 North Jackson
Occupation: Osteopath
Birthplace: Hopkinsville, Ky
Father's Name J.Y. Boyd
Mother's Name Eugenie Boyd Boyd
Informant, Howard Boyd. Lebanon, Tenn.
Date of interment: 1 Nov 1954
Name of Cemetery: Oakwood
Location: Tullahoma, Tenn.
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