© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, September 29, 1971 Roy Eldon Boyer 1891 ~ 1971 Boyer Rites Held Saturday Funeral services for Roy E. Boyer, 80, retired city night marshall, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 25 at the United Methodist church with Rev. Gene Cooprider, pastor, officiating. Boyer died Wednesday while enroute to the Carnegie Hospital. He had been ill for several months. Interment was in the Carnegie cemetery under the direction of Pitcher Funeral Home. Boyer was born August 21, 1891 at Ambia, Indiana. He and his family moved to Grant County, Oklahoma, in 1900 and then to Carnegie in 1910. He was married to the former Mintie Martin September 3, 1911 at Carnegie and had resided in this area since that time. He worked as a ginner at the Mitchell gin here for 25 years, was city nightwatchman five years and served as city marshal for 19 years, prior to his retirement approximately 15 years ago. He is survived by his wife, of the home; one son, Eldon, of Mustang, who is a former Caddo county Sheriff; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Tustison of Sentinel, six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Roy Eldon Boyer August 21, 1891 ~ September 22, 1971 |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 5, 1986 Mintie Lee Martin Boyer 1893 ~ 1986 Services were held Tuesday, Feb. 4, for Mintie Lee Boyer, of Carnegie, Rev. C. Woody McClendon of Carnegie, and Rev. Roy Rowlan of Canute officiating. Mrs. Boyer was born January 19, 1893, to William Henry Elgin Martin and the former Victoria Ann Hays, in Madill, Oklahoma, and died Saturday, February 1, at the Carnegie Tri-County Hospital at the age of 93. Mintie moved with her family from Shawnee to North of Alfalfa in 1901, and moved to Carnegie in 1908. She married Roy Eldon Boyer in Carnegie on Sept. 3, 1911, who preceded her in death on September 22, 1971, She was a member of the first United Methodist Church since 1908 where she taught Sunday school and was a life member of the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the Eastern Star and Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. Boyer is probably best remembered as the only person to never have missed a Carnegie fair since it began in 1903. Survivors include: one son, Eldon Lee Boyer, Okla. City; one daughter, Florence Ann Tustison, Carnegie; three sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren, one grand Coy Ray Boyer deceased 1984. Interment will be in the Carnegie Cemetery under the direction of the Pitcher-Hackney Funeral Home of Carnegie. Mintie Lee Martin Boyer January 19, 1893 ~ February 1, 1986 |
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