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Carol B.
Sparks Lewis Boyd
Aug 8, 1947 — Nov 18, 2009
Carol B. Sparks Lewis Boyd, age 62, of Andrew Boyd Lane, Morehead, Kentucky, went home to be with God, her Savior, on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, after her second brave battle with breast cancer. She was born August 8, 1947, on Buffalo in Haldeman, Kentucky, to Bert Edison Sparks and Virginia Mayme Cox. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 30 years, Andrew Wesley Boyd, whom she married on March 9, 1979; her step father, Bernard Lewis; her sisters, Mayflower Sparks, Loveadean Sparks, Geraldine Lewis; her brother, Lacy Carl Lewis, Sr.; her step daughter, Andrea Kay Boyd Myers McGaha Peek; her step son, Wesley Eugene Boyd; and her step grandsons, Jason Eli Hartsook; and step great grandsons, twins Tristen Lee and Caleb Lee Wallace. She leave to mourn her passing her daughter Vicki Lynn Boyd Thurman Scales Ingle of Morehead, Kentucky; her step children: son-in-law, Robert Linzie Peek of Celina, Tennessee, JoAnn Len Boyd Mitchell White and her husband Kenny of Maysville, Kentucky, daughter-in-law, Carolyn Bentley Boyd of Morehead, Kentucky, Donna Andrea Boyd Tackett, Michael Shadrach Boyd and his wife Nancy Kidd Boyd of Richmond, Kentucky, Phillip Wayne Boyd and his wife Tonya Tredway Boyd of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, Tammy Lea Boyd and her significant other, Willard Pinkerman of Morehead, Kentucky, Timothy Andrew Boyd, Sr. and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Pence Boyd of Morehead, Kentucky. She also leaves 24 step grandchildren, 37 step great grandchildren, and three step great-great grandchildren. She also leaves her brothers and sisters: Delmus and Mary Lewis, James and Joyce Lewis both of Ohio, Lester Lee Lewis of Morehead, Kentucky, Stella May Lewis Barricks and her husband Bennie Gerald Barricks, Donnie Gene and wife Marilyn Lewis of Indiana, Aileen Lewis Calton and her husband Roy Calton, and her sister-in-law, Nancy Calton Lewis, all of Morehead, Kentucky; and her step father, Daniel Bender of West Liberty, Kentucky. Carol worked for 40 years in the sewing factories of Cowden-s, Big Yank, Austin Apparel, Carhartt, and Bath Manufacturing. She drove a cab for White Top Taxi, Veteran-s Taxi, and Boyd-s Taxi; she worked in the mushroom mines of Lawton in Carter County. She finished her public working career at Nestle in Mount Sterling and Emerson Power Transmission known as Seal Master Bearing in Morehead, Kentucky. After being out of school for 40 years, she received her G.E.D. at the age of 56 and then went back to school and became a Certified Nursing Assistant. She was a born again Christian and a member of East End Church of God in Morehead, Kentucky. Pallbearers will be Larry William Messer, Joseph Benjamin Boyd, Billy Ball, Alex Wagoner, Phillip Wayne Boyd, Jr., James Wayne Norris, and Timothy Andrew Boyd, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Christian Weigel, Dr. Allen Lim, Melvin Lawhorn, Carl Lawhorn, Roy Calton, James Pelfrey, Geoff Hamm, Gene Barker, Peggy Adkins, Debby Fultz, and all of her Sunday school kids at East End Church of God. The celebration of her life will be 2 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2009, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Brother Tom Redmon, Brother Dewayne Johnson, and Brother Scott Cummins officiating. She will be laid to rest at the Boyd Family Cemetery on Andrew Boyd Lane in Vale, Kentucky. Visitation is after 6 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009, and anytime on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals. Visitation: Friday, November 20, 2009, after 6 p.m. and anytime Saturday, November 21, 2009 Funeral: Sunday, November 22, 2009, at 2 p.m. Interment: Boyd Family Cemetery
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