Kenneth L. Boyd

Kenneth L. Boyd was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 29, 1929, the only child of L.C. Boyd, Jr. and Eunice (Holcomb) Boyd. The family moved to California where his father worked in the aircraft industry in the 1930s and 1940s. Ken’s passion was baseball, and he played for South Gate High School and several minor league ball teams, including the Santa Rosa Pirates. He graduated from South Gate High School in 1948 and at-tended Pepperdine College for one year.

He met Sarah Alice McCoy while working at the Northrup Aircraft plant in Hawthorne, California. They were married on December 19, 1950.

Ken served in the United States Air Force from October 1950 to August 1954, and was stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico and then at RAF Brize Norton and RAF Lakenheath in England with the 4th Aviation Field Depot Squadron.

After leaving the Air Force, Ken returned to Texas and began farming with his father in Swisher County. Ken and Sally lived and farmed near Tulia for over 50 years, where they raised their two sons. In his later years he worked for the City of Tulia and the Swisher Electric Coop before moving to Lubbock where he lived at Cottage Village and battled Parkinson’s disease.

Kenneth is survived by his wife, Sally, and his two sons, Blair Boyd (Lubbock, Texas) and Doug Boyd (Austin, Texas), four grandchildren (Brady Boyd, Bailey McCaslin, Lori Hill, and Jena Boyd), and three great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015 in the Abbey Chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home.

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