Hester Boyd

DANVILLE - Hester Boyd, 83, of Danville died at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 10, 2003) at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center, Logan Campus, Danville.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shelby Funeral Home, 622 Third St., Covington, Ind. The Rev. Grover Williams will officiate.

Burial will be in Lower Mound Cemetery, Covington, Ind.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Boyd was born April 18, 1920, in Kingman, Ind., a daughter of Jesse and Goldie Smith Lawson. She married Ralph P. Boyd on Feb. 26, 1944, in Thorntown, Ind. He died Aug. 30, 1987.

Survivors include two sons, James Robert Boyd of Danville and Michael Ray Boyd of Oakwood; a daughter, Phyllis Berlin of Danville; two brothers, James Lawson of Danville and Joe Larson of Williamsport, Ind.; a sister, Martha Trosper of Perrysville, Ind.; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Mrs. Boyd attended Covington and Perrysville schools and worked in the dietary department at St. Elizabeth Hospital for 24 years.

She lived in Danville for 46 years and was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America.

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