Boyd, Roberta Woodall

Longtime Nurse At Children's Hospital Lived to 102

  • Saturday, May 2, 2015
Roberta Boyd
Roberta Boyd

Roberta Woodall Boyd, 102, died on Friday, May 1, 2015.

She was born in Marshall County, Al., to the late Conrad Columbus Woodall, Sr. and Lillie Mae Melton Woodall, and had lived in the Chattanooga and North Georgia areas for most of her life, as well as West Palm Beach, Fl., for more than 20 years. She was a member of the Rossville Church of Christ and enjoyed quilting, sewing, gardening and working with her flowers. She was previously employed with Combustion Engineering, Wheland Foundry as well as the Children's Hospital in Chattanooga as a nurse for many years. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great-grandmother, who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joe W. Boyd; daughter, Martha McWhorter; grandson, William McGarity; brother, Conrad Woodall, Jr. and two sisters, Erma Hamilton and Omega McCora.

Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Alene and (Sydney) O'Connor of St. Augustine, FL; Patsy Williams of Rossville, and Betty McGarity of Atlanta; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in the Fort Oglethorpe Chapel with Minister Jack James and Minister Jerry Weldon officiating. Burial will follow in the Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends after 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, and prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home.

An online guest book is at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are by W. L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Homes, Fort Oglethorpe.

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