Boyd, Imogene B. 

KILGORE -- Imogene Bolding Boyd, born October 25, 1924, in Haskell, Oklahoma, 
passed away peacefully with her family by her bedside on the morning of July 
28, 2006. Memorial services for Imogene Boyd, 81, of Kilgore, will be 2 p.m. 
Monday, July 31, 2006, at First Baptist Church in Liberty City, with the Rev. 
Bruce Wells officiating. Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday morning at Danville 
Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore, 
6:30-8:30 p.m. today. The eldest daughter of B.J. and Iva Bolding, Imogene met 
her lifelong companion, G.W. "Chub" Boyd, when they were childhood neighbors 
and together celebrated 64 years of marriage. The couple started their family 
in Oklahoma and moved to Kilgore in 1966 to help start a family business. She 
was a dedicated homemaker, rose gardener, and musician, and accomplished at 
the violin, organ and piano--talents which she shared generously with friends 
and family. Chub and Imogene enjoyed traveling and cherished their relationships 
and time with friends from across the country. A charter member of the Laird 
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Imogene volunteered 3,837 hours in service to the 
elderly and infirm. She was a supportive member of First Baptist Church of 
Liberty City. Imogene was preceded in death by parents Iva and B.J. Bolding; 
sister, Maxine Evans; and infant son, Gayle Bland Boyd. She is survived by her 
husband, G.W. "Chub" Boyd of Kilgore; son, Gary W. Boyd and wife, Patricia, of 
Kilgore; daughters, Ann Ellisor and husband, Ray, of Texarkana, and Cindy 
Walton and husband, Jerry, of Midland; brother, Lloyd B. Bolding and wife, 
Evelyn; brother-in-law, H.B. Evans; grandchildren, Gary W. Boyd II and wife, 
Suelyn, Grant Wayne Boyd and wife, Kristy, Melissa Roberts, Will Yeager and 
wife, Callie, Amy Walton and Forrest Walton; great-grandchildren, Caroline 
Boyd, G. William Boyd, Grayson Wayne Boyd, Hannah Davison, Katy Davison and 
Melynda Roberts; one niece; and four nephews. The family would like to extend 
thanks for the many caring deeds and expressions of kindness offered during the 
past year and to extend a special word of thanks to the medical staff of Trinity 
Mother Francis Hospital and Dr. Clark Langley. Memorials may be made to Laird 
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 1612 S. Henderson, Kilgore 75662. 

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/30/2006.