Etharene Boyd

Services for Etharene Boyd, 84, of Athens were held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Foster & Brown Chapel in Athens with the Rev. David Mahon officiating.

Burial followed at Rome Cemetery under the direction of Foster & Brown Funeral Home of Athens.

Mrs. Boyd died July 9, 2002, in Athens.

She was born March 20, 1918, in LaRue to Jerry G. and Ella Cobb.

Mrs. Boyd was a homemaker and a member of Eastern Hills Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Edwin D. "Dugan" Boyd Sr.; four brothers; and three sisters.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Edwin D. Jr. and Judy Boyd of Athens; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and O.W. Farmer of Athens; sister, Eva J. Evans of Salado; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Jeff Barnes, David Boyd, David Evans, J. Taylor, Parris Farmer and Dennis Britt.