JACKLYN RAE SLADE BOYD May 19, 1943 – Nov. 5, 3014
Published 6:18 pm Friday, November 7, 2014
Jacklyn Rae Slade Boyd died peacefully early Wednesday morning at Ridgewood Manor nursing home in Washington, NC.
Mrs. Boyd was married for 29 years and is preceded in death by Hubert Clay Boyd Sr. She has two children, Hubert Clay Boyd Jr. of Jamesville, NC, and a daughter, Janet Marie Lane of New Bern. She has four grandchildren, Miranda Boyd, Amber Boyd and Carlie Dickerson of Jamesville, NC, and Jena Allen of New Bern, NC. Mrs. Boyd was born May 19, 1943, in Washington, NC, to the late Frank and Maude Slade. She had four brothers, Cecil Slade, Robert Slade, Thomas Slade and Ralph Slade, as well as one sister, Ruth Brinn, all of whom preceded her in death. In her earlier years, Mrs. Boyd enjoyed cooking, sewing and sailboating. She also enjoyed watching her granddaughters play softball and going to the beach.
The family would like to thank the staff of Ridgewood Manor as well as the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center for their kind and gentle care during Mrs. Boyd’s illness. The family will gather at the home of Mr. Mike Smith, 1305 N. Market St., Washington, NC, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate her life and reminisce on happy times. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Brody School of Medicine or the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center
About Mike Voss
Mike Voss is the contributing editor at the Washington Daily News. He has a daughter and four grandchildren. Except for nearly six years he worked at the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va., in the early to mid-1990s, he has been at the Daily News since April 1986.
Journalism awards:
• Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service, 1990.
• Society of Professional Journalists: Sigma Delta Chi Award, Bronze Medallion.
• Associated Press Managing Editors’ Public Service Award.
• Investigative Reporters & Editors’ Award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Public Service Award, 1989.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Investigative Reporting, 1990.
All those were for the articles he and Betty Gray wrote about the city’s contaminated water system in 1989-1990.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Investigative Reporting, 1991.
• North Carolina Press Association, Third Place, General News Reporting, 2005.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Lighter Columns, 2006.
Recently learned he will receive another award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Lighter Columns, 2010.
4. Lectured at or served on seminar panels at journalism schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Maryland, Columbia University, Mary Washington University and Francis Marion University.
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