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Russell Boyd

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Russell Boyd

Birth
Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Nov 1930 (aged 31)
Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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"Pneumonia Fatal To Well Know Paintsville Young Man" Russell Boyd, 31 years of age, one of the best-known and most popular young men of Paintsville, died at his home in Bridgford Addition, Tuesday morning at 7:00 o'clock, November 25, following an illness of nine days of pneumonia. Mrs. Boyd first contracted influenza, which late developed into pneumonia.Mr. Boyd had many friends in the Big Sandy Valley and especially among railroad men.Before the loss of an arm in a railroad accident Mr. Boyd was a locomotive engineer on the Big Sandy division and was said to be the youngest engineer in the C & O service.Besides his widow he is survived by two small children one daughter Herma Lou and one son, Russell Jr.,also his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Boyd of Paintsville;two sisters, Mrs. S.C. Hanks and Mrs. Jno. K. Butcher; three brothers, Greenville, W.J.B., and R.C.Boyd all of Paintsville.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon in charge of Rev. R. Lee James, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. J. D. Bell of the Mayo Memorial Church, and Rev. H.B. Conley of the Freewill Baptist Church.
Interment in the Mayo Cemetery
"Pneumonia Fatal To Well Know Paintsville Young Man" Russell Boyd, 31 years of age, one of the best-known and most popular young men of Paintsville, died at his home in Bridgford Addition, Tuesday morning at 7:00 o'clock, November 25, following an illness of nine days of pneumonia. Mrs. Boyd first contracted influenza, which late developed into pneumonia.Mr. Boyd had many friends in the Big Sandy Valley and especially among railroad men.Before the loss of an arm in a railroad accident Mr. Boyd was a locomotive engineer on the Big Sandy division and was said to be the youngest engineer in the C & O service.Besides his widow he is survived by two small children one daughter Herma Lou and one son, Russell Jr.,also his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Boyd of Paintsville;two sisters, Mrs. S.C. Hanks and Mrs. Jno. K. Butcher; three brothers, Greenville, W.J.B., and R.C.Boyd all of Paintsville.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon in charge of Rev. R. Lee James, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. J. D. Bell of the Mayo Memorial Church, and Rev. H.B. Conley of the Freewill Baptist Church.
Interment in the Mayo Cemetery


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