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January 4th, 1983, was a very blessed day for Mitch and Shirlene Boyd. Zachery Wayne Poulson Boyd was born! His mom prayed for a tall, dark headed big Poulson boy like her dad. That’s exactly what Zac was. To welcome him was his sister Stephanie. Together they were very mischievous, spending hours playing in the mud, filling the mower gas tank with rocks and enjoying time with their grandparents. In November 1986 his little brother Brody was born, adding to the fun.
When Zac started Pre-K he met many students that became his friends for life. Zac loved to go with his dad on fertilizer runs. The semi-truck sleeper was a favorite place for Zac and Stephanie to play. Zac spent many hours with his cousin, Jed Poulson.
In grade school Zac and Trapper Beck joined a bowling league. Shooting trap was a favorite pastime of Zac’s. He enjoyed traveling to Enid and El Reno for a shoot, with everyone going to Golden Corral afterwards. Zac was a “dead eye” shot. He loved to shoot sporting clays with his dad and was excellent at it. Zac had a love for the outdoors and spent many hours hunting and fishing and always had a friend to tag along. Ty Salisbury was one of his best buddies. They spent many hours at each other’s houses. The rule was “you kill it, you eat it.” So the two boys ate a racoon, ducks…but soon quit telling what they killed!
In junior high and high school, baseball was his sport of choice. Zac was an amazing pitcher and hit numerous home runs.
Zac met Chasney Smith at a church skating party when he was 13 and she was 12 years old. He was always waiting for a chance to see her at church functions.
Zac spent lots of time with his brother, Brody. One night they were shooting Roman candles at each other—mom and dad came home to find the pine tree burning down!
In high school Craig Randolph and Zac decided to paint ball the school. They spent many hours cleaning bricks after school. Zac was always thinking of fun things to do. Zac, his dad and Brody decided to make a pasture golf course across the road from their home. They spend many hours hitting balls there.
Zac graduated from Vici High School in 2001. Afterward he completed two years of college in Weatherford at SWOSU, also working weekends and summers at Iochem. Chasney was the main focus of his life and their relationship grew during this period. Zac always loved to make Chasney tag along taking her on many exciting dates, whether it was shed hunting, cutting fire wood or tagging along with him and his buddies, even buying her a chainsaw as one of her birthday presents.
On February 12, 2004, Zac told everyone he and Chasney were getting married! He quickly mowed grass on a dam overlooking the pond at Grandma Thelma Poulson’s farm. Sure enough, they married on February 14, 2004 at that pond as an armadillo browsed in the background.
After they were married, they moved to Tulsa, working at Ace ATM’s. They lived in a tiny little apartment and were so excited to be starting their life together. In November of 2004 they moved back to Vici to his Uncle Paul Humberd’s house. Where him and Chasney spent many hours fixing the old farm house up. Zac began working for a Rathole company, starting his life’s career in the oilfield.
In February 2005, Colton Wayne Boyd was born. Colton was the joy of their life. They spent many hours camping, fishing, and hunting. In 2005 Zac went to work for Unit Drilling. In 2006 he went to work for Cactus as a Derrick Hand/Rig Manager. Zac and Chasney moved their family to a house in the town of Vici which they spent many hours making improvements.
In 2007 Zac fell 17 feet from a tree stand while and he and Craig Randolph were getting ready for hunting season, resulting in a broken collar bone, a punctured lung and several ribs broken in front and back. He had a short recuperation and his lifelong friend, Levi Cole, was there every day to help Chasney take care of him. Zac was working derricks when he fell and had to go back to work roughnecking with broken ribs. Chasney packed his work gear and drove him to his rig so he could continue to provide for his family, after a day of pulling pipe on the board Chasney would have to continue helping him in his recovery.
On February 21, 2010, the twins Dane Blake and Megan Lynn were born. Zac had everyone organized and schedules drawn up for the twins’ care, even having family members initial his check list as they cared for the babies. As the kids grew Zac and Chasney always bought fun toys for them such as motorized cars and guns and spent countless hours playing outside. Zac loved to have his family around him whether watching movies or listening to music.
Zac took education and training related to his career very seriously, having completed a machinist course in 2003. He continued growing his skill set to include certifications in: Extended Reach Hole Cleaning, String Inspection and Design, Well Cap Drilling; Work Over Well Control, HAZWOPER (Hazard Waste Operation and Emergency Response), CPR, Hot Work, Confined Space, H2S, High Altitude Rescue and many more credentials. As Zac’s career in the Oilfield excelled he had many side businesses from spraying and mowing yards with his brother Brody, cutting cedar trees, and welding at Everett’s welding in Vici. Many times when Zac was unable to get away from the oilfield he relied on Chasney to take care of the side business.
Zac worked for Cactus Drilling for a few years obtaining the position of tool pusher very quickly.
For nearly every employer and position, throughout his oilfield career, Zac was their youngest…driller, tool pusher, foreman, superintendent. After a short period of time as a cactus tool pusher, Zac was recruited by Cimarex Energy as a Drilling Foreman and was quickly moved up to Drilling and Completion Field Superintendent. He enjoyed the challenge of problem solving, organization and completion of unconventional horizontal wells.
In 2015 Zac took on the role of Operations Superintendent in the Austin office for a new company Ameredev, where he managed all the operations in the field. He was recently promoted to the role of Drilling and Completion Manager. The list of Zac’s accomplishments is impressive for a young man; he strove to be great at anything he set his mind to do and in most endeavors he achieved just that. He worked in the field in his overalls right alongside the newest roughneck or in his business suit in the office, comfortable with either. Chasney always told him how handsome he was. Zac was very intelligent and rose through the ranks quickly as Zac’s favorite sayings were “Time is Money, Lets Get Moving” and “I want to be looking at it, not looking for it”. Zac was a very generous man always lending a helping hand to anyone that needed it.
In Austin his children were in numerous activities, Colton played basketball, football, and baseball, Dane played baseball and football, and golf, Megan was in dance classes and danced competitively. Zac would often joke about how busy Chasney was running to all the events, he referred to it as “Chasneys Taxi Service”. He attended many of his children’s activities. He was so proud of them and loved to watch them succeed in their activities. He watched as Colton grew in height and surpassed Zac at 6’5”. Zac loved spending time outdoors with his family, whether it was playing catch, basketball or a round of golf. Zac enjoyed working on his home in Austin with his family, in his short time in Austin Zac and family remodeled two homes. Zac loved to tease and play practical jokes on anyone up for a laugh. He enjoyed cooking with his family spending many hours in the kitchen and outside grilling, always with a playlist of his favorite music playing. He would often share new recipes that he and the family would create. Zac also enjoyed having family over to eat and visit. He loved for the kids to have friends over so he could be goofy and pick on them always leaving everyone laughing. He would make trips back to Oklahoma to visit his family and take the kids hunting and fishing sharing his love for the outdoors.
Zac and Chasney’s love story is one few people rarely find, their love and devotion to each other was unwavering. Zac passed from this life on April 1st, 2020 at his home in Austin, TX. He will forever be missed by all who knew him.
Surviving to cherish his memory are his wife Chasney, sons Colton and Dane,
and daughter Megan of Austin, TX. Parents Mitch and Shirlene Boyd of Vici, OK.
In-Laws Ed and Vickie Smith of Oklahoma City. Sister Stephanie Winters, husband
Nathan and nephew Reed of Woodward, OK. Brother Brody Boyd, wife Kelsi and niece
Lucy of Mutual, OK. Sister-in-law Natasha Johnson, husband Jimmy of Thomas, OK.
Nephews Braden, Tanner, Gage Johnson of Thomas, Ok. Sister-in-law Talisha
Kittler, husband Michael, nephews Tommy and Allen Kittler, niece Emma Sanders of
Yukon, OK.
brother-in-law Heath Smith of Buena Vista, CO, and many family and
friends. He was proceeded in death by grandparents Jud and Thelma Poulson, and
Wayne and Arlene Boyd all of Vici, OK.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice in care of Shaw Funeral Home, P.O. Box 276, Vici, OK 73859.
Funeral Service
Monday, April 06, 2020
2:00 PM
Poulson Family Farm
burial following service at Sunnyside Cemetery
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