Claud Boyd Jr.

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - Funeral Services for Dr. Claud Allen Boyd, Jr., 77, beloved physician, husband, father, grandfather and brother, who entered into rest September 20, 2014, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from The First Presbyterian Church of Augusta. Rev. Joe Morecraft and Rev. John Barrett officiating. Interment in Westover Memorial Park. Dr. Boyd was born to Claud Allen Boyd Sr. and Althea Otheal Boyd in Houston, Texas. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Mississippi and his M.D. from the University of Miami, Florida. Dr. Boyd completed his Internship at Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas while serving as Captain in the US Army. His residency was done at the Medical College of Georgia in Dermatology (1967 - 1970). Dr. Boyd opened his practice in 1970 of Dermatology in Augusta, Georgia, and later opened a second practice in Port Arthur, Texas. He continued to practice until the time of his death. Dr. Boyd was passionate about his practice and showing Christ to the people he worked with. Anyone who knew him appreciated the time and care he gave to each patient individually. His professional organizations include the Richmond County Medical Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, the Georgia Society of Dermatologists, the Tenth District Medical Society, the Southern Medical Association, American Society for Dermatological Surgery, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, American Society of Dermatology, and the Richmond County Journal Club. Dr. Boyd had past hospital appointments - Active Staff at St. Joseph Hospital, University Hospital, and Doctors Hospital in Augusta, GA and currently the Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur, Texas. His academic appointments were to Mercer University School of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology 1983 - 1985 and the Medical College of Georgia, Clinical Instructor Dermatology 1970 - 1985. He was also a member of the Constitution Party, serving as the Representative for Aiken County. He was a former elder at Lyndon Grove Presbyterian Church and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Augusta. Dr. Boyd is survived by his wife of 49 years, Betty Lou McClain Boyd; a son and daughter-in-law, Claud Allen and Vickie Boyd, III, Aiken; three daughters and son-in-law, Carin Elizabeth Boyd and Bridget Esther Boyd, both of Atlanta, Georgia and Allison and Steve Vanderhoff, Yulee, Florida; seven grandchildren, Claud Jacob Allen Boyd, Samuel Boyd, H. Boyd Vanderhoff, J. Brooks Vanderhoff, Paige Vanderhoff, Adam Vanderhoff and Perri Vanderhoff; a sister Sharon O. Deckrosh and her husband Dennis, North Augusta. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6 until 8. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803-278-1181). Visit the registry at www.poseycares.com