Pete Boyd IV

Mr. Bland Peter Boyd IV, age 79, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 in the Sugar Creek Retirement Center in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, November 3, 2012 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Oakwood Cemetery. A visitation for the Boyd family will be Friday evening, November 2, 2012, 5:00 to 7:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Pete was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville and a former Jaycee, Shriner, Mason and Scottish Rite. He was the former owner of Delta Security and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Boyd was preceded in death by his parents: Bland Peter Boyd III and Thelma LeVay Boyd, a brother: George Edward Boyd and a grandson: Patrick King. He is survived by his wife: Rena Boyd, four daughters: Linda Baxter (Larry) Brownsville, TN, Barbara King (John) Cordova, TN, Beverly Neighbors (Pat) Paris, TN, and Donna Boyd, Germantown, TN, four grandchildren: Mary Elizabeth King, Caroline Marie King, Boyd Neighbors and Lee Neighbors, two sisters: Barbara Flowers (Stan) Tucker, GA and Betty McPhatter (Dick) Jefferson, NC and a sister-in-law: Kemp Boyd, Jackson, TN. Memorials may be made to Haywood County Animal Shelter, c/o Judy Mouser, P.O. Box 449, Brownsville, TN 38012, Brownsville Humane Society, c/o Alice Nunn, 5543 Tibbs Rd., Brownsville, TN 38012, The Proteus Syndrome Foundation, 4915 Dry Stone Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, 80923 or the charity of the donor's choice.