No formal services are planned. Inurnment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.
He was born in Cayuga, Indiana on October 5, 1939 to the late Howard Watson Boyd and the late Marie Emma Kantman Boyd.
Mr. Boyd was a retired Veteran of the United State Army having served for 26 years.
He is survived by his wife, Yueh Ngo Huang Boyd; children, Lane, John and Charlie; grandchildren, Hannah, Caroline, and Connor; and sister, Gretchen.
Online condolences may be made to the family at: www.mclaurinatpinecrest.com.
McLaurin Funeral Home in Clayton, North Carolina is honored to be assisting the Boyd family.