Ruth Wylie BOYD

1901 - 2004  (103 years)

• Name	Ruth Wylie BOYD  [1]
  Born	13 Apr 1901	Due West, Abbeville, SC, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Jun 2004	Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA   [3, 4]
  	Methodist University Hospital
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA
  Person ID	I140	Boyd
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	John Lawrence BOYD,   b. 31 Jan 1871, Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1956  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Sara Elizabeth “Lizzie” CRENSHAW,   b. 16 Jun 1870, Luck, Marshall, MS, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 1961, Camden, Ouachita, AR, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1895	Cayce, Marshall, MS, USA
  Headstones		John L. & Elizabeth C. BOYD
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carroll Lee PELL,   b. 15 Feb 1906, , , LA, USA ,   d. 22 Feb 1993, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1935  [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Frances “Betty” PELL   2. John Lee PELL,   b. 18 Jan 1945,   d. 20 Oct 2020  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Apr 1901 - Due West, Abbeville, SC, USA Died - 27 Jun 2004 - Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA Buried - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Ruth Boyd Pell (Faculty) [posted June 29, 2004] From The Commercial Appeal, Wednesday, June 29, 2004: RUTH BOYD PELL, 103, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools and Memphis Baptist College, died Sunday [June 27, 2004] at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday [June 30, 2004] at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, University Wives, Daughters of the American Revolution Watauga Chapter and American Association of University Women. Mrs. Pell, the widow of Carroll Lee Pell, leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Pell, and a son, John Lee Pell, both of Memphis, and a sister, Dorothy Boyd Brazell of Camden, Ark. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Erskine Seminary John L. Boyd Scholarship Fund in Due West, S.C., or a charity of the donor's choice. Mrs. Pell taught Spanish at East High for two years beginning with the autumn term in 1962 and ending with the conclusion of the school year in the spring of 1964. Funeral Services: 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. [4] Ruth Boyd Pell (Faculty) [posted June 29, 2004] From The Commercial Appeal, Wednesday, June 29, 2004: RUTH BOYD PELL, 103, of Memphis, retired teacher for Memphis City Schools and Memphis Baptist College, died Sunday [June 27, 2004] at Methodist University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday [June 30, 2004] at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, University Wives, Daughters of the American Revolution Watauga Chapter and American Association of University Women. Mrs. Pell, the widow of Carroll Lee Pell, leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Pell, and a son, John Lee Pell, both of Memphis, and a sister, Dorothy Boyd Brazell of Camden, Ark. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Erskine Seminary John L. Boyd Scholarship Fund in Due West, S.C., or a charity of the donor's choice. Mrs. Pell taught Spanish at East High for two years beginning with the autumn term in 1962 and ending with the conclusion of the school year in the spring of 1964. Funeral Services: 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Boyd Family History, Robert B. Boyd, (note, 118 Woodlawn Circle Athens, TN 37303, 1997). [S54] 1920 US Federal Census. [S30] Social Security Death Index, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2009). [S92] Obituary, Ruth Boyd Pell, (Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN).