Funeral service for Rev. Bobby Q. Boyd will be 2 p.m., Thursday, May 19, at McComb Gospel Assembly, with interment
in the Pike Memorial Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, May 18, at McComb Gospel Assembly and will
resume on Thursday, from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.
Rev. Boyd, 72, of McComb, passed from this life and entered eternity May 14, 2022. He was born September 10, 1949, in Jayess, MS.
He surrendered into the gospel ministry and served the Lord as Pastor of McComb Gospel Assembly, for 35 years. He also
had a 25-year career with the Fred’s Corporation, where he achieved the status of North Mississippi District Manager.
He maintained the number two ranking store in Brookhaven, MS, as store manager, for numerous years. He was an accomplished
carpenter, with precise skill. His motto was “once the task has begun, never stop until it’s done. Be the task great or small, do it well or not at all.”
He is preceded in death by his parents, Von and Bernice Boyd; paternal grandparents, Victor and Johnnie Boyd; maternal grandparents,
Press and Hazel Oquin; stepmother, Rachel Boyd; son, Brian Chadwick; and sister-in-law, Nola Boyd.
Those who remain to cherish his memory are his wife of 54 years, Penny Boyd; son, Keith Boyd (Julie); daughter, Karen Boyd (Kevin); brothers,
Billy Boyd and Tommy Boyd (Ann); sister, Hazel Deskin (Mike); five grandchildren, Kayla England (Andrew), Zachary Boyd (Payton),
Karli Riggs (Brandon), Justin Boyd, Kalli Boyd; and three great grandchildren, Toby Riggs, Loxleigh England, and Avelynn England.
He is also survived by other loving family members and friends, as well as his faith family at Gospel Assembly.
