Charles Boyd

1942 - 2015

MAY'S LICK -Charles Eugene Boyd, (73), passed away on September 30, 2015 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Boyd was born on August 16, 1942 in Maysville, Kentucky; to his parents the late Ward and Violet Boyd. His grandparents Eugene Asbury Boyd and Mae Wallingford Boyd served as influential people in laying the foundation for the cattle business as well as other aspects of the agriculture industry. He graduated from Maysville High School in 1960 and attended the University of Kentucky. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, UK Livestock Judging Team and the Block and Bridle Organization. He returned home after college to farm and raise registered livestock. He was a third generation of Hereford breeder. Mr. Boyd was a member of Shannon United Methodist Church and attended May's Lick Christian Church and Highland Christian Church. Throughout his life he has had many accomplishments on local, state and national levels. He was inducted into the Mason County Alumni Hall of Famein 2012, a founder of the Mason County Cattlemen's Association and it's first president, recognized as the Kentucky Outstanding Young Farmer, Kentucky Cattleman's AssociationSeedstock Producer of the Year, Founding Member Beef Advisory Committee for the North American Livestock Exposition, member of State Board of Agriculture under two administrations serving on his second term, Kentucky Hereford Association Past Director and President, Board of Directors American Hereford Association, and the American Hereford Association Hall of Fame. He was a prominent beef cattle judge at all major livestock shows, exhibited several International and National Champion Hereford cattle, and bred and raised over twenty bulls in major artificial insemination studs which is one of the most significant achievements of any Hereford breeder. Family, loving others, and mentoring young people in the agriculture and Hereford industries were the way he lived his life. Mr. Boyd is survived by his wife of 52 years, Martha Donovan Boyd of May's Lick; his children Charlie II (Paula) of May's Lick, Suzanne (Andrew) Matheny of May's Lick; four grandchildren Blake Boyd, Logan Boyd, Austin Matheny and Taylor Belle Matheny;one sister Susan Hoag of Greenville, South Carolina; one sister in law Helen Donovan Thomas of Flemingsburg, Kentucky; and two nephews Johnny and Jason Hoag both of Greenville, South Carolina. He was preceded in death by his mother in law and father in law, Forrest and Lucy Donovan. Funeral will be 2pm Sunday, October 4 at Moore and Parker Funeral Home in Maysville. Burial will be at May'sLick Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8pm Saturday, October 3 at the funeral home and from 12-2pm Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Charles Boyd Scholarship for the Hereford Youth Foundation of America P.O. Box 014059 Kansas City, Missouri 64101 and condolences can be sent to: mooreandparkerfh.com