May God bless you and your...
I miss you bro, i think about you often... RIP
Jerell Nero
December 13, 2025 | Friend


Kansas City, Missouri
Emmanuel Darius Boyd, 24, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away in San Antonio, Texas on November 19, 2008. He was born to Mercurvus and LaTonya Boyd on September 16, 1984. At age 4, he was introduced to the world of classical violin and piano and it was love at first sight! For the next 15...
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Jerell Nero
December 13, 2025 | Friend

Emmanuel and I December 2005 before leaving for Iraq
Dearest Boyd Family,
Although we only met once (at Emmanuel's funeral) I feel a very close bond with your family. I was dating Emmanuel while he was in Iraq, my name is Michele Brown. He spoke lovingly of your entire family often throughout that time. I didn't get the chance I would have liked to talk and share more with you about how big of a blessing he was in my life, as i know he was in yours. Now that he is gone in body it is his spirit that stays with me, with us...the people who...
Michele Brown
November 20, 2009 | Columbus, OH
Merc and LaTonya,
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your son. My prayers are with you and your family.
By the comments I've read, he was a very special young man, blessed and gifted.
You both are so faithfull to HIS call.
God Loves you
Andre Fantasma
June 17, 2009 | Peculiar, MO
Manny was a very good friend of mine. I met him through my high school friend, our mutual friend, Desmond Fahie. I always admired Manny for his many talents and his drive. I find little memories of him almost on a daily basis and my heart is heavy with sorrow for your, all of our, loss. Your son shined a light in my life that I will never fully be able to put into words. He was a cherished and dear friend to me and many others here in san antonio. He is deeply missed.
Danielle Adams
May 27, 2009 | San Antonio, TX
HELLO MERC & LATOYA
THIS IS RENE' RAYMOND'S FORMER WIFE
LOSING A CHILD SEEMS TO HOLD NO GOOD PURPOSE
BUT IT DOES
AND YOU WILL FIND IT
WE DID
WE LOST A SON AND IF WE HAD NOT WE WOULD NOT HAVE OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WHO WE CAN NOT IMAGINE NOT A PART OF OUR LIVES
IAM LIVING IN ABU DHABI, UAE. JUST BEAUTIFUL
RENE' JONES
February 23, 2009 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
i am so sorry.
raymond
February 19, 2009
Dearest Boyd family,
We are deeply saddened by this tragic news.
We so delighted in watching your beautiful children when we all attended Liberty Christian Fellowship....may God's mercy and abundant blessings bowl you all over with comfort....
Richard and Jamie Lee
January 28, 2009 | Montgomery, TX
Dear Boyd family,
I had the honor of knowing Manny for a short time when he played with Plan B in Mississippi. He was a very special young man with an incredible gift for music. The world will be a little less bright now. But as I read the comments from all over the country, it strikes me how many people he touched in his short life. What a testimony!
Barbara Salley
January 15, 2009 | Pascagoula, MS
Manny was optimistic, loving, driven, but more importantly, a truly genuine person and proud daddy. Although I had only known Manny for a short period of time while in Iraq, he shared many great stories and helped us to stay positive. May the Boyd Family please accept my most sincere condolences. God bless.
Jennifer Silvis
January 03, 2009 | Philadelphia, PA