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Opal M. BROWN BOYDSTON

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

Willie H.
November 12, 1908-October 27, 1985

Opal M.
October 18, 1912-October 11, 2018

Married Oct. 25, 1930

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones

*Obituary Willie
Willie Hartsel Boydston, 76, died Sunday.

Services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Allison school, the Rev. F.R. Johnson, pastor of Allison United Pentecostal Church, and the Rev. T.H. Chapman of Midland, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.

Mr. Boydston was born in Barber, Ark. He was married to Opal May Brown in 1930 in Booneville, Ark. They moved to Allison in 1935. He was a farmer and a member of United Pentecostal Church.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, Clifton, Vance and Forrest, all of Allison, and Curtis of Dallas; a daughter, Juanita of Allison; four brothers, Alden of Sallisaw, Okla., Dollan of Barling, Ark., Ellie of Huntington and Floyd of Martinez, Calif.; 15 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were grandsons: Bennie Boydston, Gary Boydston, Kevin Boydston, Kyle Boydston, Neal Boydston, and Tony Boydston.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 51, Number 48, Thursday, October 31, 1985, Page 1)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Willie H Boydston
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1909
Residence: Booneville, Logan, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Opal May Brown
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Booneville, Logan, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 25 Oct 1930
Marriage License Date: 25 Oct 1930
Marriage County: Logan
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 2069447

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Willie Boydston
Death Date: 27 Oct 1985
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Willie Boydston
Last Residence:
79003 Allison, Wheeler, Texas, USA
BORN: 12 Nov 1908
Died: Oct 1985

*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary Opal
Obituary for Opal May Brown Boydston

Opal May Boydston, 105, of Allison died Thursday, October 11, 2018 in Allison.

Services will be 2:00 pm Monday, October 15, 2018 in First Baptist Church in Allison with Bro. Ben Corbitt and Bro. Roger Johnson, officiating. Burial will follow at Wheeler Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.

Visitation will be 4:00-6:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home.

Opal May Brown Boydston was born on October 18, 1912 near a bluff 8 miles from Booneville, Arkansas to Charlie D. Brown and Myrtle E. Love and went home to be with Lord and Savior on October 11, 2018 at the age of 105 years 11 months and 23 days. Opal grew up in the mountains of western Arkansas the second of 10 children. She grew up with a love of fishing, being outdoors, taking care of her siblings and being just a little bit onery. At 18 years of age, she chose a young man named Willie H. Boydston to be her husband because he didn’t rock the boat. They were married October 25, 1930 at Earl Prairie Community near Booneville and enjoyed life together for 55 years.

They packed their meager belongings and headed west to the Texas Panhandle near Allison, Texas to start their family and life together. She served the Lord all of her life. To this union, was born Clifton Wayne, Curtis Ray, Willie Vance, Forrest Glenn and Juanita Kay Boydston.

There were many good times, a few hard times, but always plenty of love to hold them together. She lost the love of her life on October 20, 1985. Opal missed her husband terribly but continued to be a leader in her family and to tirelessly serve her Lord and Savior. Opal loved going to Church camps, taking bus trips to conferences and faithfully attending her home church, the Allison United Pentecostal Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie D. Brown and Myrtle E. Love; her husband; two sons, Clifton Wayne and Willie Vance; six daughters in law, Louise Boydston, Carolyn Boydston, Veda Boydston, Roberta Boydston, Janice Boydston, and Betty Boydston; two granddaughters, Wanda Walker and Gatha Boydston; one grandson, Jeff Boydston; one great grandson, Adam Martin; 3 sisters, Sybil Fish, Dorothy Rorbough and Billy Brown; and 4 brothers, Reed, Audice, Warren, Len and Carl Brown.

She is survived by one sister, Bonnie Casas; two sons, Curtis Boydston and wife Lillian of Oklahoma City and Forrest Glenn Boydston and wife Orlene of Claremore, Oklahoma; a daughter, Juanita Boydston of Allison; a daughter in law, Carol Boydston of Indiana; 17 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; 48 great great grandchildren; 6 great great great grandchildren; and a host of other loved ones and friends.

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*Information, courtesy of Robert L. Jones

Contributed on 10/22/21

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