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Submitted: 1/22/22 • Approved: 5/13/23 • Last Updated: 5/16/23 • R1414828-G0-S3
New Mexico
BOATSWAIN'S MATE SECOND CLASS US Naval Reserve
World War II
April 22, 1917 - June 11, 1967
Nelson Wesley Boyd, 50, of Longview, Tex., died Sunday at his residence following a very brief illness. He was born April 22, 1917 in Oklahoma and was the son of Nelson and Ethel Boyd. He was an electrical engineer and a disabled veteran of World War II. He had been a resident of Longview for a number of years and was a frequent visitor to El Dorado. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kay Norstand of Houston, Tex.; his mother, Mrs. Maude Brown of Longview; three brothers, James H. Brown of Dallas, Tex., Phillip A. Brown and Joe B. Brown, both of Longview; two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Bell of El Dorado and Mrs. E. E. Harvey of Longview; and two grandsons. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Rader Funeral Chapel in Longview. Grav4esite services will be held atr 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery in El Dorado with the Rev. Sam Shepperson officiating. American Legion Post No. 10 will present a flag at the service. Young's Mortuary will be in charge of the local service. (El Dorado Daily News - June 12, 1967)
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