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Martha Hughes “Mattie” <I>Ragland</I> Boyd

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Martha Hughes “Mattie” Ragland Boyd

Birth
Death
27 Feb 1981 (aged 95)
Burial
Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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b. b. 18 April 1885 – d. 27 February 1981, md Ernest Houston Boyd Sr., b. 1 October 1879, TN – d. December 1856, s/o Alvin Whitten Boyd & Mary Goodpasture. Mattie (Ragland) Boyd, d/o Dr. William Hardin Ragland (1842-1927)
& Elizabeth Lou Butler.

COOKEVILLE –Funeral services for Mattie Ragland Boyd, 95, who died here Friday morning, will be in the chapel of the Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home at 3 p.m. on Saturday with the Rev. David Campbell officiating and burial to follow in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyd was the wife of the late Ernest H. Boyd, a former Chancellor of the Fourth Chancery Division, and the daughter of the late Dr. W. H. Ragland, an early Cookeville physician, and Elizabeth Lou Ragland.
She was the granddaughter of the late Dr. William Ragland, a Smith County physician and Thomas Harvey Butler, of Gainesboro, a former Tennessee Secretary of State.
Mrs. Boyd was a graduate of the Bascobel College for Girls, where she received her masters degree. She was a former teacher of the Cookeville City School. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by three sons, Ernest Houston Boyd, of Cookeville, Alvin W. Boyd, of Cookeville, and William Hardin Boyd, of Nashville; two daughters, Mary Butler Boyd and Avo Boyd Evans, of Cookeville; and two grandsons, Walter L. Evans, of Cookeville, and Ernest Boyd Evans, of Nashville.
b. b. 18 April 1885 – d. 27 February 1981, md Ernest Houston Boyd Sr., b. 1 October 1879, TN – d. December 1856, s/o Alvin Whitten Boyd & Mary Goodpasture. Mattie (Ragland) Boyd, d/o Dr. William Hardin Ragland (1842-1927)
& Elizabeth Lou Butler.

COOKEVILLE –Funeral services for Mattie Ragland Boyd, 95, who died here Friday morning, will be in the chapel of the Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home at 3 p.m. on Saturday with the Rev. David Campbell officiating and burial to follow in Cookeville City Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyd was the wife of the late Ernest H. Boyd, a former Chancellor of the Fourth Chancery Division, and the daughter of the late Dr. W. H. Ragland, an early Cookeville physician, and Elizabeth Lou Ragland.
She was the granddaughter of the late Dr. William Ragland, a Smith County physician and Thomas Harvey Butler, of Gainesboro, a former Tennessee Secretary of State.
Mrs. Boyd was a graduate of the Bascobel College for Girls, where she received her masters degree. She was a former teacher of the Cookeville City School. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by three sons, Ernest Houston Boyd, of Cookeville, Alvin W. Boyd, of Cookeville, and William Hardin Boyd, of Nashville; two daughters, Mary Butler Boyd and Avo Boyd Evans, of Cookeville; and two grandsons, Walter L. Evans, of Cookeville, and Ernest Boyd Evans, of Nashville.


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  • Originally Created by: Larry Moore
  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56995246/martha_hughes-boyd: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Hughes “Mattie” Ragland Boyd (17 Apr 1885–27 Feb 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56995246, citing Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by imagal49 (contributor 47223808).