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John Archer “Archie” Boyd

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John Archer “Archie” Boyd

Birth
Nolan County, Texas, USA
Death
28 Feb 1973 (aged 83)
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA
Burial
Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, USA
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Son of W.H. and Martha Jane Boyd, Married to Rachel (Reinhardt) Boyd, married in 1913. Sheriff of Irion County for twelve years (Biography courtesy of the Irion County Hist. Society taken from "A History of Irion County, TX" c1978
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San Angelo Standard-Times, 01 Mar 1973, Thu • Page 2
Former Irion Sherriff's Rites Scheduled Today

MERTZON (STNS) – John A. boyd, 83, former sheriff of Irion County, died at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday at Clinic Hospital in San Angelo.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church in Mertzon with Rev. John McMullen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Mertzon Cemetery.

Mr. Boyd was born Oct. 9, 1889 in Nolan County and was married to Rachel H. Reinhardt March 29, 1913 in Anson. She died in 1971. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 699 in Mertzon. He was elected sheriff of Irion County in 1933, serving six terms until 1946. He had been a foreman of the O. H. Triangle Ranch in Irion County before running for office.

Survivors include two sons, Melvin Boyd of Mertzon and Eddie Boyd of San Angelo; three brothers, Jess Boyd of Lubbock, Joe Boyd of Roby, Bill Boyd of Sweetwater and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers for Mr. Boyd will be H. E. Noelke and Loy Tankersley, both of San Angelo, Vern Davis of Big Lake, and J. T. Davis Francis Shelton, C. W. Trainer, Leroy Covey and Boyce Tankersley, all of Mertzon.
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Son of W.H. and Martha Jane Boyd, Married to Rachel (Reinhardt) Boyd, married in 1913. Sheriff of Irion County for twelve years (Biography courtesy of the Irion County Hist. Society taken from "A History of Irion County, TX" c1978
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San Angelo Standard-Times, 01 Mar 1973, Thu • Page 2
Former Irion Sherriff's Rites Scheduled Today

MERTZON (STNS) – John A. boyd, 83, former sheriff of Irion County, died at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday at Clinic Hospital in San Angelo.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church in Mertzon with Rev. John McMullen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Mertzon Cemetery.

Mr. Boyd was born Oct. 9, 1889 in Nolan County and was married to Rachel H. Reinhardt March 29, 1913 in Anson. She died in 1971. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 699 in Mertzon. He was elected sheriff of Irion County in 1933, serving six terms until 1946. He had been a foreman of the O. H. Triangle Ranch in Irion County before running for office.

Survivors include two sons, Melvin Boyd of Mertzon and Eddie Boyd of San Angelo; three brothers, Jess Boyd of Lubbock, Joe Boyd of Roby, Bill Boyd of Sweetwater and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers for Mr. Boyd will be H. E. Noelke and Loy Tankersley, both of San Angelo, Vern Davis of Big Lake, and J. T. Davis Francis Shelton, C. W. Trainer, Leroy Covey and Boyce Tankersley, all of Mertzon.
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