Obituary of Rex Boyd

Rex Boyd GRAPEVINE -- Rex Boyd, 85, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2013. Service: 10 am Monday, Grapevine Church of Christ. Visitation: 6 pm - 8 pm Sunday, Grapevine Church of Christ, 525 N Park Blvd, Grapevine. Memorials: Should friends desire, memorials may be given to the Grapevine Church of Christ. Rex was born on December 18, 1927 to Sam and Opal Boyd in Pritchett, TX. He retired from the United States Army as a Major and retired from the Corp of Engineers having served as the Manager of Lake Grapevine, Lake Lewisville and Lake Ray Roberts. Rex was instrumental in building Lake Ray Roberts and Lake Sam Rayburn. He was also very active on the Vice Presidential Task Force on Redefining Government and traveled for many years on Monday to Washington DC and back on Friday. Rex was an active Member and Elder of the Grapevine Church of Christ. He lived and travelled all over the world including Saudia Arabia and Germany. Rex was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years Lavona Boyd. Survivors: Wife, Betty Boyd; children, Rick Boyd and wife Sally, Larry Boyd and wife Cathy, John Stacey Boyd, Beth Boyd-Kolb and husband Doyce Kolb, Kerry Rodgers and wife Ellina; grandchildren, Diane Bobbitt, Kristin Boyd, Ashley Teague, Kelly Boyd, Emily Boyd, Austin Boyd, Brooke Boyd, Sierra Boyd, Catherine Rodgers and Dimitri Rodgers. Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home Fort Worth, 682-841-1221