Annie Mae Boyd

June 11, 1947 - June 6, 2018

Annie Mae Boyd was born on June 11, 1947 to Clarine Jones in Chicago, Illinois. Annie received her formal education in the Chicago Public School System graduating from Dunbar High School. Annie Mae met and married Lawrence D. Boyd on January 11, 1965. Their marriage was blessed with three children, Antonio, Parnell and Lynita. Family was everything to her and she was the Matriarch of her family, steering everyone in the right direction with a firm hand and caring manner. Her generous, caring and loving spirit was appreciated by all her friends and family. She was employed by the Chicago Public School System as a Bookeeper. After retiring from her job, Annie Mae traveled and enjoyed playing Bid Whisk with family and friends. Annie Mae Boyd studied the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses. After making the truth her own Annie dedicated her life to Jehovah and symbolized her dedication through water baptism on December 25, 1990. She was faithful at the meetings and in the ministry and when her health began to fail, she listened on the telephone hook up. Annie Mae’s home became her personal territory to witness to everyone family, friends and visitors. She wanted all to know about the paradise earth promised in Revelation 21:3-4, where there will be no illness or death. On June 6, 2018, surrounded by her children, Annie Mae Boyd fell asleep in death. She was preceded in death by her mother Clarine and husband Lawrence D. Boyd. Annie Mae Boyd will be dearly missed by her family, her three children Antonio, Parnell and Lynita; two brothers Herbert (Rebecca) Dade and Getzman (Angela) Dade; grandchildren Parnell D. Boyd, Antonio D. Boyd ll, Defrantz Cherry, Shaquille Boyd, David Neeman and Anton Boyd; four great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends too numerous to mention.