Belvedere - Mr. Bailey Boyd, Jr., 86, entered into rest Wednesday, June 25, 2008.
Born on May 15, 1922 in Beaufort, Mr. Boyd was a native of Wagener. He was the son of the late Bailey and Ethel Ollie Givens Boyd, Sr.
Mr. Boyd is survived by wife of 56 years Mildred Gunter Boyd, sisters, Mary B. Fogle of Pelion, Wilsie B. Sullivan of Atlanta, GA, and Kathy B. (Bud) Gardner of Panama City, FL and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sisters Sylvia B. Mitchell and Peggy B. Gunter, and a brother Charles E. Boyd.
He was Service Manager at Johnson Motor Company, where he retired after thirty years of service. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Belvedere, a Past Master and Charter member of the Belvedere Masonic Lodge, a Shriner, and Past Patron and Charter member of the Belvedere Chapter 248 of the Order of the Eastern Star and Past Patron of the Wagener Eastern Star Chapter. Mr. Boyd was an Air Force Veteran of WWII, having flown 43 missions with the 57th Squadron of the Second Bombardment Group, B-17 Flying Fortress Unit of the 15th Air Force as a Bombardier. Following the war, he participated in the Civil Air Patrol for 30 years as a Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot. He was also a member of American Legion Post 63 and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veteran Chapter 44 of S.C.
The Funeral Service for Mr. Boyd will be Saturday, June 28th at 3 p.m. in the Wagener Chapel of Blizzard Funeral Home, 163 Main Street South (803) 564-5333, with the Rev. Dr. George Gain officiating. Burial will follow in Wagener Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. The family asks that memorials be made to Trinity Lutheran Home at 213 Laurens St., Aiken, SC 29801 or Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center at 830 Laurens St., NW, Aiken, SC 29801.
