Joseph A. Boyd, Jr.
Born: 11/16/1916
Died: 10/26/2007
Visitation: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at the Woman's Club in Los Robles
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM, EDT on Monday, October 29, 2007 at First Baptist Church Tallahassee
Interment: MeadowWood Memorial Park
Memorial Contributions may be made to: Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308 or the Alzheimer's Project of Tallahassee, 301 East Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
Survived by his wife of 69 years Ann Stripling Boyd.
Born November 16, 1916 in Hoschton, Georgia and a longtime resident of Miami, he moved to Tallahassee in 1968 upon his election to the Florida Supreme Court. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987 and served as Chief Justice from 1984 to 1986.
Justice Boyd worked his way through Piedmont College, where he served as Trustee Emeritus, Mercer University and the University of Miami Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1948. He practiced law in Hialeah from 1948 until 1969 and was Past President of the Hialeah-Miami Springs Bar Association. He was also a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Tallahassee Bar, as well as the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
He served as Hialeah City Attorney from 1951 to 1958, when he was elected to the Dade County Commision, where he served from 1958 to 1968. He served as Chairman of the Dade County Commison in 1963 and as Vice Mayor of Dade County in 1967.
A 33rd Degree Mason, he was a member of Oleeta Masonic Lodge, Jackon Lodge #1, Scottish Rite Bodies and was a Shriner. Justice Boyd was also a member and Past Commander of the American Legion, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was a Melvin Jones Fellow of Lions International, and the Elks. He was also a meber of Iron Arrow, an Honorary Society of the University of Miami. In 1967 he received the Top Hat award from the National Federation of Business and Professional Women for advancing the status employed women.
He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War, II, serving in the South Pacific, as well as the occupation of Nagasaki, Japan. Justice Boyd was a member of First Baptist Church of Tallahassee.
Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Robert Boyd and his wife Sue and James Daniel Boyd and his wife Laure; two daughters, Betty Jean Jala and her husband Dave and Jane Boyd Ohlin and her husband John; grandchildren, James Goldman, Thomas Goldman, Jason Jala, Joanne Jala Barnett, Joseph Robert Boyd, Jr., Jonathan Boyd, Stacy Boyd, Lindsay Boyd Martin, Matthew Boyd, J.P. Bell, Cameron Ohlin and Ryan Ohlin; and eleven Great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joanne Boyd Goldman.
He loved his family, and enjoyed a loving marriage to his wife of 69 years. He spent much of his time caring for the common man and for people who can't speak for themselves. He never met a stranger in his life. A choir of angles are eagerly welcoming him to Heaven.
Other Services will be held: Justice Boyd will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Florida Supreme Court Building on Monday, October 29 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Born: 11/16/1916
Died: 10/26/2007
Visitation: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at the Woman's Club in Los Robles
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM, EDT on Monday, October 29, 2007 at First Baptist Church Tallahassee
Interment: MeadowWood Memorial Park
Memorial Contributions may be made to: Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308 or the Alzheimer's Project of Tallahassee, 301 East Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
Survived by his wife of 69 years Ann Stripling Boyd.
Born November 16, 1916 in Hoschton, Georgia and a longtime resident of Miami, he moved to Tallahassee in 1968 upon his election to the Florida Supreme Court. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987 and served as Chief Justice from 1984 to 1986.
Justice Boyd worked his way through Piedmont College, where he served as Trustee Emeritus, Mercer University and the University of Miami Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1948. He practiced law in Hialeah from 1948 until 1969 and was Past President of the Hialeah-Miami Springs Bar Association. He was also a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Tallahassee Bar, as well as the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
He served as Hialeah City Attorney from 1951 to 1958, when he was elected to the Dade County Commision, where he served from 1958 to 1968. He served as Chairman of the Dade County Commison in 1963 and as Vice Mayor of Dade County in 1967.
A 33rd Degree Mason, he was a member of Oleeta Masonic Lodge, Jackon Lodge #1, Scottish Rite Bodies and was a Shriner. Justice Boyd was also a member and Past Commander of the American Legion, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was a Melvin Jones Fellow of Lions International, and the Elks. He was also a meber of Iron Arrow, an Honorary Society of the University of Miami. In 1967 he received the Top Hat award from the National Federation of Business and Professional Women for advancing the status employed women.
He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War, II, serving in the South Pacific, as well as the occupation of Nagasaki, Japan. Justice Boyd was a member of First Baptist Church of Tallahassee.
Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Robert Boyd and his wife Sue and James Daniel Boyd and his wife Laure; two daughters, Betty Jean Jala and her husband Dave and Jane Boyd Ohlin and her husband John; grandchildren, James Goldman, Thomas Goldman, Jason Jala, Joanne Jala Barnett, Joseph Robert Boyd, Jr., Jonathan Boyd, Stacy Boyd, Lindsay Boyd Martin, Matthew Boyd, J.P. Bell, Cameron Ohlin and Ryan Ohlin; and eleven Great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joanne Boyd Goldman.
He loved his family, and enjoyed a loving marriage to his wife of 69 years. He spent much of his time caring for the common man and for people who can't speak for themselves. He never met a stranger in his life. A choir of angles are eagerly welcoming him to Heaven.
Other Services will be held: Justice Boyd will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Florida Supreme Court Building on Monday, October 29 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Joseph A. Boyd, Jr.
Born: 11/16/1916
Died: 10/26/2007
Visitation: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at the Woman's Club in Los Robles
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM, EDT on Monday, October 29, 2007 at First Baptist Church Tallahassee
Interment: MeadowWood Memorial Park
Memorial Contributions may be made to: Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308 or the Alzheimer's Project of Tallahassee, 301 East Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
Survived by his wife of 69 years Ann Stripling Boyd.
Born November 16, 1916 in Hoschton, Georgia and a longtime resident of Miami, he moved to Tallahassee in 1968 upon his election to the Florida Supreme Court. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987 and served as Chief Justice from 1984 to 1986.
Justice Boyd worked his way through Piedmont College, where he served as Trustee Emeritus, Mercer University and the University of Miami Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1948. He practiced law in Hialeah from 1948 until 1969 and was Past President of the Hialeah-Miami Springs Bar Association. He was also a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Tallahassee Bar, as well as the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
He served as Hialeah City Attorney from 1951 to 1958, when he was elected to the Dade County Commision, where he served from 1958 to 1968. He served as Chairman of the Dade County Commison in 1963 and as Vice Mayor of Dade County in 1967.
A 33rd Degree Mason, he was a member of Oleeta Masonic Lodge, Jackon Lodge #1, Scottish Rite Bodies and was a Shriner. Justice Boyd was also a member and Past Commander of the American Legion, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was a Melvin Jones Fellow of Lions International, and the Elks. He was also a meber of Iron Arrow, an Honorary Society of the University of Miami. In 1967 he received the Top Hat award from the National Federation of Business and Professional Women for advancing the status employed women.
He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War, II, serving in the South Pacific, as well as the occupation of Nagasaki, Japan. Justice Boyd was a member of First Baptist Church of Tallahassee.
Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Robert Boyd and his wife Sue and James Daniel Boyd and his wife Laure; two daughters, Betty Jean Jala and her husband Dave and Jane Boyd Ohlin and her husband John; grandchildren, James Goldman, Thomas Goldman, Jason Jala, Joanne Jala Barnett, Joseph Robert Boyd, Jr., Jonathan Boyd, Stacy Boyd, Lindsay Boyd Martin, Matthew Boyd, J.P. Bell, Cameron Ohlin and Ryan Ohlin; and eleven Great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joanne Boyd Goldman.
He loved his family, and enjoyed a loving marriage to his wife of 69 years. He spent much of his time caring for the common man and for people who can't speak for themselves. He never met a stranger in his life. A choir of angles are eagerly welcoming him to Heaven.
Other Services will be held: Justice Boyd will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Florida Supreme Court Building on Monday, October 29 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Born: 11/16/1916
Died: 10/26/2007
Visitation: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at the Woman's Club in Los Robles
Funeral Service: 2:00 PM, EDT on Monday, October 29, 2007 at First Baptist Church Tallahassee
Interment: MeadowWood Memorial Park
Memorial Contributions may be made to: Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308 or the Alzheimer's Project of Tallahassee, 301 East Tharpe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303.
Survived by his wife of 69 years Ann Stripling Boyd.
Born November 16, 1916 in Hoschton, Georgia and a longtime resident of Miami, he moved to Tallahassee in 1968 upon his election to the Florida Supreme Court. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987 and served as Chief Justice from 1984 to 1986.
Justice Boyd worked his way through Piedmont College, where he served as Trustee Emeritus, Mercer University and the University of Miami Law School, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1948. He practiced law in Hialeah from 1948 until 1969 and was Past President of the Hialeah-Miami Springs Bar Association. He was also a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Tallahassee Bar, as well as the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
He served as Hialeah City Attorney from 1951 to 1958, when he was elected to the Dade County Commision, where he served from 1958 to 1968. He served as Chairman of the Dade County Commison in 1963 and as Vice Mayor of Dade County in 1967.
A 33rd Degree Mason, he was a member of Oleeta Masonic Lodge, Jackon Lodge #1, Scottish Rite Bodies and was a Shriner. Justice Boyd was also a member and Past Commander of the American Legion, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was a Melvin Jones Fellow of Lions International, and the Elks. He was also a meber of Iron Arrow, an Honorary Society of the University of Miami. In 1967 he received the Top Hat award from the National Federation of Business and Professional Women for advancing the status employed women.
He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War, II, serving in the South Pacific, as well as the occupation of Nagasaki, Japan. Justice Boyd was a member of First Baptist Church of Tallahassee.
Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Robert Boyd and his wife Sue and James Daniel Boyd and his wife Laure; two daughters, Betty Jean Jala and her husband Dave and Jane Boyd Ohlin and her husband John; grandchildren, James Goldman, Thomas Goldman, Jason Jala, Joanne Jala Barnett, Joseph Robert Boyd, Jr., Jonathan Boyd, Stacy Boyd, Lindsay Boyd Martin, Matthew Boyd, J.P. Bell, Cameron Ohlin and Ryan Ohlin; and eleven Great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joanne Boyd Goldman.
He loved his family, and enjoyed a loving marriage to his wife of 69 years. He spent much of his time caring for the common man and for people who can't speak for themselves. He never met a stranger in his life. A choir of angles are eagerly welcoming him to Heaven.
Other Services will be held: Justice Boyd will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Florida Supreme Court Building on Monday, October 29 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
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