Jackie Doyle Boydston

09/25/1936 - 06/07/2023

Obituary For Jackie Doyle Boydston

Jackie Doyle “Jack” Boydston, age 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Plano, TX surrounded by his family and loved ones, on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023.

Funeral services will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 11th, at the Carter Lake Baptist Church in Bowie, TX, with Pastor Chris Osborne officiating.

Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie. With Shane Boydston, Billy Jack Boydston, Jordan Lindsey, Casey Bowman, Fischer Blagg, Eli Blagg, Ethan Poorman and Gavin Boydston, serving as pallbearers.

Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 10th, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

Jack was born September 25, 1936 in Vashti, TX to John and Christine (Thomas) Boydston. On August 15, 1954, Jack married Lena Scruggs in Bowie, TX. He had a lifelong career as a master carpenter, and spent decades building homes in Bowie and the surrounding area. Jack's expertise was not limited to home building, he built apartment complexes and hospitals across Texas- from Lubbock, Princeton, Mesquite to Pecos. Later in life and into retirement, Jack enjoyed trout fishing in Colorado, and loved teaching passing along the love of fishing and various other skills to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jack was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and will be missed by so many.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Doug Boydston, son-in-law Jay Lindsey, and grandson Brandon Smith.

Jack is survived by his 2 sons, Mike Boydston and wife Sandy and Ricky Boydston and wife Terri; 4 daughters, Janet Lindsey, Carole Kilduff, Denise Coward and husband Skip, and Kristi Blagg; 18 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.

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