Dr. Joe T. Boyd

Dr. Joe T. Boyd, 77 of Midland, died on Monday, August 19, 2002, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, August 23, 2002 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel, in Midland, with Rev. Curtis Brewer of the First Baptist Church in Odessa, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Crematory, Big Spring, Texas.Dr. Boyd was born on July 29, 1925, in Lubbock, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and served in World War II and Korea. He was a chiropractor and started his practice in 1951 in Marfa, Texas. During his career he treated several hundred people at no charge. Dr. Boyd later moved to Odessa in 1957 and then to Midland in 1970.Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert Boyd of Midland, Joe R. and Nancy Boyd of North Richland Hills, Clay and Ruth Boyd of Austin; two daughters, Toni Mosier of Fredericksburg, and Lorraine Wheeler of Odessa; six brothers, Wayne Boyd of Austin, Lewis Boyd of Lubbock, James Boyd of San Antonio, Dalton Boyd of Mesquite, Jerry Boyd of Mexia, and Dayton Boyd of Abernathy; eighteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.Dr. Joe T. Boyd was preceded in death by one daughter, Ruth Maynard.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory.,