Margaret Lingo Boyd
Holman-Abbeville MortuaryViewed: 2037
Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
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334-585-5261
Date: Nov 18 2014 1:27 PM
EDWIN. . .Margaret Lingo Boyd, a resident of the Edwin Community of Henry County, died early Tuesday morning, November 18, 2014, in the Henry County Health & Rehabilitation Facility, surrounded by her family. She was 93.
A celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, November 20, 2014, in the Holman Abbeville Mortuary Chapel with Reverend Freddie McCain officiating. Burial will follow in the Edwin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the mortuary.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Resource Center, P.O. Box 1170, Dothan, AL 36302.
Mrs. Boyd was a lifelong resident of the Edwin Community, daughter of the late Loyd Lamar Lingo, Sr. and Mamie Bell Norton Lingo. She was the oldest member of the Edwin United Methodist Church and was also a member of the Edwin Homemakers Club. In earlier years, Mrs. Boyd spread love and joy as she worked alongside her husband and best friend in their store, C. D. Boyd Mercantile, for thirty-seven years. At the age of eighty-one, she used her gift of cooking and giving to others as she helped to operate Ann-Margaret’s Tea Room and SpecialTea Shoppe along with her daughter and granddaughter. Her compassion for her family, friends, and children was a beautiful light that shone brightly in all she did. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Dudley Boyd, and a brother, Loyd Lamar Lingo, Jr.
Surviving relatives include her daughter, Martha Jenkins (Glenn), Edwin; a sister, Isobel Tierney (Richard), Ozark; three grandchildren, Kay Wilson (Derick), Boyd Jenkins (Ginger), and Ann-Margaret Arnold (John); two great-grandchildren, Dillon Wilson and Kaylee Wilson; a nephew, Lamar Tierney (Deborah), a niece, Landa Summers (Jay); three great-nieces, Sara Margaret Summers, Allison Summers, and Kathryn Tierney; a great-nephew, Jim Tierney.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Derick Wilson, John Arnold, Dillon Wilson, Lamar Tierney, Johnny Hodges and Tim Reeder.
HOLMAN-ABBEVILLE MORTUARY IS IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261.You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com
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