CARMON THOMAS BOYD

Carmon Thomas Boyd, 82, of East Prairie Route 1, died at 1:55 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at his home following an extended illness.

He was born May 11, 1910, at Wickliffe, Ky., son of Tom and Grace Dodson Boyd.

On De. 28, 1961, he married Thelma Louise Whitlock at Charleston.

Boyd had lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He was a retired farmer and had owned and operated Boyd's Grocery in East Prairie and Kewanee.

He was an Army veteran and served in World War II.

Survivors are his wife and a cousin, Willie Mae Hicks, Cairo, Ill.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

Service will be at the funeral home Monday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Roy Blumenberg of East Prairie officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.