Sometime after 1910, Morena Walker married Rufus Boyd, who lived and labored on a farm owned by Hillard A. & Sarah E. Few.
Rufus Boyd and Morena Walker Boyd are the parents of three children, Mable, Ralph, and Annie Eloise Boyd.
In Italy, Texas, the home of Rufus and Morena Boyd is located on Hardeman Street.
Morena Boyd and her husband were living with their children in Los Angeles at the time of her death. She was removed to Ellis County, Texas for funeral services.
Funeral service was held at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas. Hymns rendered at the funeral were: 'Must Jesus Bear the Cross', 'Near the Cross', and 'Pass Me Not' . Scripture was read by Rev. O.S. Spears and invocation given by Rev. Smith; resolutions presented by Mrs. Ellie Sims; acknowledgment of telegrams by Mrs. Fredna Allen; obituary read by Miss Lessie Jennings; and Rev. F.P. Jackson of Fort Worth was eulogist.
Pallbearers were Walter Smith, C.R. Mitchell, Bennie Payne, Nelton Tarrant, Hawthorne Alexander, and Theo Rankin.
Honorary Pallbearers were Jim Bass, Arthur Herron, Matthew Sweatt, John Farrow, Lonnie Hardeman, and Kennard Washington
Interment at Pelham Cemetery in Navarro County, Texas
Source: California Death Index 1953; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
Sometime after 1910, Morena Walker married Rufus Boyd, who lived and labored on a farm owned by Hillard A. & Sarah E. Few.
Rufus Boyd and Morena Walker Boyd are the parents of three children, Mable, Ralph, and Annie Eloise Boyd.
In Italy, Texas, the home of Rufus and Morena Boyd is located on Hardeman Street.
Morena Boyd and her husband were living with their children in Los Angeles at the time of her death. She was removed to Ellis County, Texas for funeral services.
Funeral service was held at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Italy, Texas. Hymns rendered at the funeral were: 'Must Jesus Bear the Cross', 'Near the Cross', and 'Pass Me Not' . Scripture was read by Rev. O.S. Spears and invocation given by Rev. Smith; resolutions presented by Mrs. Ellie Sims; acknowledgment of telegrams by Mrs. Fredna Allen; obituary read by Miss Lessie Jennings; and Rev. F.P. Jackson of Fort Worth was eulogist.
Pallbearers were Walter Smith, C.R. Mitchell, Bennie Payne, Nelton Tarrant, Hawthorne Alexander, and Theo Rankin.
Honorary Pallbearers were Jim Bass, Arthur Herron, Matthew Sweatt, John Farrow, Lonnie Hardeman, and Kennard Washington
Interment at Pelham Cemetery in Navarro County, Texas
Source: California Death Index 1953; research by Elmerine Allen Bell
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