Stevens Funeral Home, Inc. | Valdosta, GA

Obituary For Ola Mae Boyd

Mrs. Ola Mae Boyd was born in Valdosta, GA to the late Mr. Elziee Williams and Mrs. Willie Mae Thomas Brown.

Ola Mae was a graduate of Dasher High School. She received Christ at an early age and was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. She was a dedicated worker for the Lowndes County School System for over thirty years where she retired as a bus driver and a paraprofessional.

On September 15, 1975, Ola Mae married the late Mr. Louis T. (Jack) Boyd and to this union she adored and loved his grandchildren, Deborah, Joseph, Vanessa and Ellis. Mr. Boyd passed away May 21, 1995.

On Thursday, July 1, 2021, Ola Mae was called to eternal rest at her residence.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis T. (Jack) Boyd; her parents, Elziee Williams and Willie Mae Thomas Brown; siblings, Gladys Turner, Areatha Pierce, L.C. Williams, Melvin Brown, Maso Williams and James Williams; one uncle, Elzie Thomas; one great niece, Passion Riley.

Ola Mae leaves to cherish her memories two nieces, Gloria Riley and Betty Newberry Monger (Michael); great nephew and caregiver, Dana Riley; one sister, Pearl Rentz; four brothers, Roosevelt Williams, James (Liz) Marshall, Mosel (Betty) Williams and Willie Frank (Katie) Williams; special cousin, Betty Rogers; special godson, Jerome Rowell; the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church family; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and sorrowful friends.

The celebration of life will be held Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at Morning Star Baptist Church. Pastor-Elect Naaman Hooker; Pastor David A. Adams, officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery.

Public viewing will be held Friday, July 16, 2021 from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

We solicit your prayers for The BOYD Family.

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When I first met her I was about five or six years old. She was a mild mannered person. I was never around her that much. I have never heard of anyone talking negatively about her. She would be greatly missed.

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It is with deepest sympathy to hear of the passing of Mrs. Ola Mae Boyd. Sleep in peace. Shirley Garland

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Our family offers an universe of thanks and gratitude for the neighborliness Mrs. Boyd extended to us for decades as absentee property owners in North Carolina. The one time we met when my father in his late 60s ventured back to his hometown of Valdosta to visit the Peterson lots on Devine St Mrs. Boyd opened her door and her heart to my dad, my mother and me. She did the same the following decade when one of my cousins sojourned to Valdosta tracing the literal roots of the family trees still standing. She has been instrumental in helping us be respectful neighbors from afar. Mrs. Boyd, your light will forever shine in the heart of the Albert Peterson family of Durham, NC!

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