Robert BOYD Jr.

BOYD, The Rev. Robert Johnston Jr., 79, died at Westminster Canterbury, in Richmond, Va., on September 20, 2010. A native of Philadelphia, he grew up in Newark, Delaware. He graduated from St. Alban's School in Washington, D.C., Davidson College, Union Seminary in Richmond, and received a Master of Sacred Theology degree at The University of the South. He did post-graduate study at Salisbury and Wells Theological College in England. Ordained an Episcopal priest by Bishop Angus Dun in Washington, D.C., in 1957, he served as chaplain at Trinity Pawling School in New York, St. Christopher's School in Richmond and as chaplain and assistant headmaster at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg. He was rector at the The Church of the Epiphany in Richmond and senior assistant at St. Stephen's in Richmond. He retired in 1995 after serving as rector for 24 years at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert J. Boyd and Louise Holcombe Boyd; and his brother, Richard H. Boyd. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Gibson Boyd; two sons, Robert J. Boyd III of Wilmington, N.C., and Scott C. Boyd and his wife, Kris, of Fredericksburg; two granddaughters, Lindsey Boyd Osborn and her husband, Jon, and Charlene T. Boyd; two great-grandchildren, James Osborn and Emily Osborn; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 30, at Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in Richmond (reserved parking available on perimeter of Monroe Park and adjoining streets). His ashes will be interred following a memorial service at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 1, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg. Contributions may be made to the Westminster Canterbury Fellowship Fund, 1600 Westbrook Ave., Richmond, Va. 23227.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.