John was born on July 18, 1947, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Cooper and Ada Marshall Boyd and was one of nine children. He spent his childhood years in and was a lifelong resident of Peterson, Alabama. He graduated from Brookwood High School in 1965. After High School, he attended Shelton State Technical Institute and received a certificate in Industrial Electronics. Upon graduation, He took a position with AT&T in July 1969 where he worked for thirty years until he retired.
Anyone who met John loved him. He was a man with a cheerful heart who loved to tell jokes and was always full of laughter. He always put integrity and helping others before material possessions. He took joy in helping anyone in need that he could. He always put others before himself, and was a Christian example to the very end of his life. He will be greatly missed by all of those that knew him. John was preceded in death by his parents Cooper Boyd and Ada Marshall Boyd. Three brothers, Arnold Boyd, Michael Boyd and Steven Boyd. Two sisters, Ethel Curlee and Joan Bailey.
John is survived by his two loving daughters, Andrea Leigh Boyd McGeisey and her husband, Jason, of El Reno, Ok, and Sara Bethany Davis and her husband, Todd, of Northport, Al. John is also survived by four grandsons: Andrew Davis, Aaron Davis, Jordan Mowdy, Seth Camper and one granddaughter Summer Camper, as well as two Great-grandchildren Lane Turner and Brantliegh Whitley. Other surviving family members are his sisters; Ellen Boyd, Esther Barger and family, Annette Johnson and family, and his much-loved friends and relatives in the Peterson Community.
A private graveside service will be held at Memory Hill Gardens, Garden of Devotion, on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
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