Pauline Troupe Boykin, 83, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 15, 2010, at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2010, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Wayne Boykin will officiate with burial to follow in Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Family members will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Friday, December 17, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Boykin was born on September 12, 1927 in Ocilla and was the daughter of James W. Troupe and Ethel Horton Troupe, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Simon Peter Boykin; two daughters, Iola Green and Joy Jean Boykin; two brothers; and four sisters. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Boykin is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dale and Jodine Boykin of Adel, Leroy Boykin of Hahira and Laura Elizabeth Fliehs of Geneva, Florida; one sister, Annie Mae Weaver of Cordele; ten grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.