Paula Cloyd

CLOYD PAULA CLOYD Passed away on October 27, 2009, at Bethesda Naval Medical Center due to complications resulting from Hodgkin''s Lymphoma. She was a remarkable and inspiring woman who will be missed greatly by all who knew and loved her, particularly her family and many close friends with whom she shared golf, tennis and bridge. Mrs. Cloyd was born in Rochester, Texas, graduated from Waco High School and attended Texas Tech University where she received a Master of Arts Degree in Drama. She was exceptionally active for more than 35 years with the Army Navy Country Club Women''s Nine Hole Golf and Ladies Open Tennis organizations, the Maryland Virginia Team Match Association, and was a Regional Master in the American Contract Bridge League. Mrs. Cloyd was a member of Queen of Apostles Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Cdr. David E. Cloyd, USNR(Ret), and their daughter, Paula Ann. Survivors include their two sons, David E. Cloyd, Jr., and his wife Vella of Clearwater, Florida; Rear Admiral Dan Cloyd and his wife Susan of Alexandria, Virginia; and Dan''s and Susan''s two sons and their grandsons, Chris Cloyd of Crested Butte, Colorado; and John Cloyd of Coral Gables, Florida. A Funeral Mass and the Rite of Committal will be held in Canadian, Texas, on November 21, 2009. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to a charity of choice.