Services for Mrs. Helen Melissa Boyd of Bogue Chitto are 11:00 am, Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at Riverwood.
Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 pm, Monday, August 1, at Riverwood with interment at Twin Oaks Cemetery in Bogue Chitto.
Mrs. Helen Melissa Boyd, 73, passed away July 28, 2022, at her residence.
She was born on May 10, 1949, to the late Clifton E Bales, Sr. and Helen Katherine Reid Bales.
Melissa loved her church family, shopping, the beach, cooking and baking.
She especially loved her grandbabies and trying to always to keep everyone in line while keeping her princess status.
Preceding her in death were her parents; parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Boyd; brother, Clifton E Bales, Jr., and his wife, Vivian Bales and niece, Marriah Barren.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 53 years, Billy Boyd; daughters, Paula Welch (Ricky) and Deann Crosby (Brad).
Brothers, Bruce Bales and Kevin Bales; sister, Melinda Hughs Bales; along with five grandchildren,
Devon Winborne (Jeremy), Rheagan Holden (Garrett), Shelby Reid (Dylan), Allie Grace Crosby, Rainie Welch, and six great grandchildren,
Oaklyn Winborne, Kysen Reid, Elliot Winborne, Piper Reid, Ann Nelson Winborne and soon to be grandson, John Briggs Holden, and a host of nieces and nephews.
