Graveside services for Gary V. Boyd, 39, are to be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, February 13, 2009 at Lamar Cemetery under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home, 301 East Main, Holdenville. He passed away on February 10, 2009. Pallbearers are Mike Hickerson, Shawn Hickerson, Kane Tackett, Kyle Tackett, Trent Woods, and Travis McCord. Honorary pallbearers are Lonnie Hoelscher, Thairon Hoelscher, Kotah Armstrong, Steve Brown, Ryan Brown, and Nicholas Brown.
Gary Vaughn Boyd was born November 25, 1969 to JoAnn (Jody) McCord and Gary Leland Boyd. He graduated from Moss in 1989. Gary was a resident of Jones, Oklahoma for the past eleven years and worked as a truck driver for the last three years. He loved music of all kinds and enjoyed taking his mother to concerts. Gary also loved books; it was rare to find Gary without one and he enjoyed listening to books on DVD. He enjoyed a good game of dominoes and foosball and would do anything for his family. Gary loved to spend time with his nieces and nephews; taking them to the zoo, to movies, and out to eat. He had no children of his own so he used Maddy, Laura, Morgan, Collin and Kotah as substitutes.
Gary was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Mary and John Tackett; and his paternal grandfather, Nathan “Buster” Boyd.
Gary is survived by his mother, Jody, and “Pop”, Bob McCord of Lamar; his father, Gary Leland Boyd of Jones; sisters: Teresa Kimberly Boyd of Jones and Amy Elaine Stephens of Lamar; two step-sisters: Amy King of Edmond and Diedre Cates of Wetumka; four step-brothers: Travis McCord of Jones, Robert Stephens, Richie Stephens and Ronnie Stephens, all of Oklahoma City; two self-adopted brothers: Shawn and Mike Hickerson; nine nieces and nephews and over two hundred cousins; paternal grandmother, Geneva Boyd of Midwest City; aunts and uncles: Linda and Kenny Bassett of Midwest City; Olen and Isabel Tackett of Lamar; Lee and Beverly Tackett of Calvin; Fred and Sue Tackett of Jack Fork; Ida Penny of Lamar and Pansy Barnes of Jack Fork.
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