Dr. Joe Boyd at our Memorial Day Service in 2008
Evangelist Dr. Joe Boyd, a giant of the faith, founder of Mt. Salem Revival Grounds in
West Union, West Virginia, and a great friend of thousands of people in America and around the world, passed away on June 1, 2009, at 1:14 a.m. He turned
92 years old on May 5, 2009! There is no doubt that during his time here on earth, he was greatly used.
Funeral Information
The funeral for Dr. Joe Boyd has been scheduled for Friday, June 12, 2009.
The funeral service will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Main Auditorium of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, located at 473 Sibley Street.
Use our direction finder for directions.
A viewing will take place from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. in the Main Auditorium.
A graveside service will take place after the funeral at our Memory Lane Memorial Park in Schererville, Indiana.
(Updated June 4, 2009, at 1:18 pm CST)
Aggie Hall of Famer Dr. Joe Boyd Passes Away
June 2, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Dr. Joe Boyd, one of the first Texas A&M football All-Americans and a longtime evangelist and preacher, passed
away Monday, June 1, at the age of 92.
Dr. Boyd was born May 5, 1917 in Jacksonville, Texas, and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He attended Crozier Tech
High School. He was a three-year Aggie football letterman in 1937-38-39 helping Texas A&M compile a 20-6-3 overall record. He was a tri-captain along with Herbie Smith and Cotton Price of the
national championship 1939 Aggie football team that posted a perfect 11-0 record including a 14-13 victory over Tulane in the 1940 Sugar Bowl. Boyd earned All-SWC
honors in 1938 and 1939 and was named an All-American offensive lineman in 1939 along with A&M running back John Kimbrough. Kimbrough and Boyd were the second
and third Aggie football players to earn All-America honors behind the initial Aggie All-American, Joe Routt. Boyd was selected in the 1940 NFL draft by the
Washington Redskins. Dr. Boyd earned his bachelor's of science degree in agricultural administration in 1940.
Boyd was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1966. He was part of the third class of inductees into the Hall of Fame.
While working as an assistant chief accountant at Todd Galveston Shipyard in Texas, Boyd received his call to preach. He entered Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Fort Worth and graduated with a Master's of Theology Degree in 1947. In 1976, he received his Doctorate of Divinity from Hyles-Anderson College in
Crown Point, Indiana.
In 1976, Dr. Boyd founded Mt. Salem Revival Grounds in West Union, West Virginia. He preached the gospel all over America as well as other countries.
Source: Aggieathletics.com
Original article: http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060209aab.html
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