Kenneth Westfield Boyd

Ken graduated from Myers Park High School in 1963. He attended Clemson University before serving in the Air Force until 1969. He received an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration from Kings College.

Ken worked for IBM for 32 years before retiring in 2002. He continued to work for them part time.

He was a member of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church where he served on Vestry three times in fifteen years and served one term as Senior Warden.

He enjoyed Ham Radio his whole life from the time he was a teenager. He was also a member and president of the Carolina DX Association and was a member of W4BFB Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Club. He volunteered for the Red Cross, and operated the command and control, disaster relief vehicle. He volunteered at the Discovery Place Ham Radio Center for 17 years. He was also a Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 275 in Indian Land, SC.

He was survived by wife Beverly Boyd, his sons Charles Westfield Boyd and wife Sarah, Brent Kenneth Boyd, Iain Peyton Boyd and wife Michelle, and his stepsons, Jesse Scott Bardyn and wife Carol, and James Michael Bardyn and fiancé Yuri Jaramillo, his grandchildren Gavyn Rheinherdt Boyd, Cayden Riley Boyd, Payton Reese Boyd, Devin Charles Boyd, William Dixon Boyd, Bailey Marguerite Boyd, Josiah Westfield Boyd, Hannah Lorraine Boyd, Isaac Ryle Boyd, and Sadler William Bardyn, brother Gary Moseley Boyd and sister Susan Derby Boyd and husband Michael.

The funeral will be held at 3:00 pm, February 21st, at St John’s Episcopal Church, 1623 Carmel Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226, with a reception prior to the service at 1:30PM also at the church.