Lillian Barrs Boyd, 93, of Tifton, Georgia, died Friday, July 15, 2005, at Tift Regional Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Charles Tyson and Elder Herman Griffin officiating. Interment will follow in Old Valley Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00 Saturday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Boyd was born June 1, 1912 in Irwin County to the late Littleton Edward and Florence Christmas Bryant. Moving from Irwin County, Mrs. Boyd had lived in Tifton for the past 45 years. She was a member of the Valley Grove Singers and was an American Red Cross and Hospital Pink Lady Volunteer. She was an active member of Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter: Voncile B. Sirmans of Fitzgerald; Grandchildren: Al and Melissa Sirmans of Fitzgerald; a Great-granddaughter: Allison Sirmans of Fitzgerald; one brother: Rev. Edward Bryant of Ocilla, GA; two sisters: Leoda Alsobrook, Lenox, GA and Louisa Griffin of Ocilla, GA; two step-sons: Joseph Boyd and Lonnie Boyd and one step-grandson, Allen Boyd, all of Tifton, GA. She was preceded in death by a son, Jerome Barrs, and her husbands, Albert Barrs and Guy Boyd.