Joseph Guy Boyd, 67, of Tifton died Tuesday, July 3, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 6, 2007, at Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin County. Elder Charles Tyson and Herman Griffin will officiate with burial to follow in Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwin County. Joshua Boyd, Joe Swofford, Sidney Fletcher, Dalon Dotson, Bobby Busbin and Kevin Fazendin will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Buddy Busbin, William Dotson, Dave Jacobsen and Robert Busbin. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 5, 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Boyd was born on September 3, 1939 in Tifton and was the son of Guy H. Boyd and Ruby Tyson Boyd, both deceased. He was a retired industrial equipment sales person and a self-employed farmer. He was presently employed by Dave Jacobsen, American Wire Products, as an office manager for the last 10 years. He was a member of Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin County, where he served as a deacon. He had lived in Tift County all of his life.
Mr. Boyd is survived by his wife, Burnell Griffin Boyd of Tifton; one son and daughter-in-law, Allen Joseph and Debra D. Boyd of Tifton; one daughter, Ruby Boyd Swofford of Tifton; one brother and sister-in-law, Lonnie H. and Norma C. Boyd of Tifton; and four grandchildren. Suzanne Boyd, Joshua Boyd, Joe Swofford and Jennifer Swofford, all of Tifton.