Aaron Emerson Boyd
Aaron Emerson Boyd, 29, of Charlottesville, joined his Heavenly Father on Saturday, June 12, 2010.
He was born April 10, 1981, in Steubenville, Ohio, the son of Danny E. and Janna Firm Boyd.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Brandie Michelle Boyd, and their unborn son, Danny Michael Aaron Boyd; his two brothers, Joel Boyd and his wife, Breanne, and Elisha-Noah Boyd and his fianc‚e, Isabel Adams; his father and mother-in-law, Michael and Stacy Price; his two brothers-in-law, James and Joshua Price; his grandparents, Tom and Wanda Firm, and Emerson Boyd; his grandmother-in-law, Marie Price; his aunts and uncles, Tod and Wendy Boyd, Henry Ruiz, Tom and Dianna Firm, and Fred and Becky Jones; his cousins, Nathanael, Jesse, Rachael, and Josiah Boyd, Freddy V. and Betsy Jones, Freddy Jones VI, and Kayla Firm.
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Shirley Boyd; his aunts, Joy Boyd and Kathy Boyd Ruiz; and his grandfather-in-law, Robert Price.
As a child, Aaron grew up on his grandfather's farm in Ohio. At age seven, he and his family moved to Virginia, and he spent the remainder of his life in the Charlottesville area. At the age of 14, Aaron made Jesus Christ his personal Savior. He graduated from William Monroe High School in 1999, and began working at Better Living Custom Mill Work. He graduated from Piedmont Virginia Community College in 2005 with an Associates Degree in Electronic Engineering, and was employed as a Technical Specialist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville.
He was passionate about God, his family, cigars, and motor sports. Aaron was a very generous, loving person, and spent the last day of his life riding for the St. Jude Children's Hospital fundraiser in Lynchburg, Virginia.
A funeral service will be conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at the Teague Chapel with Pastor Buster Payne officiating. Interment will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at the Teague Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.
Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.