By Staff
Donna Cutler Boyd, age 84, a resident at Elmcroft of Northridge, Raleigh NC, formerly of Smith Shores, Belhaven, died Saturday afternoon, May 22, 2010. A graveside funeral service will be held at Oakdale Cemetery in Washington at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, officiated by Father Kevin Johnson.
Donna was born in Beaufort County on October 7, 1925, daughter of the late Caleb and Margaret Cutler. She is preceded in death by her husband, Bonnie H. Boyd, who passed away in 1995. Donna was a 1944 graduate of Bath High School. She was employed by the Beaufort County Agriculture Agency for 20 years and was past president of the Beaufort County Mental Health Association, the Beaufort County Community Concert Association, and closest to her heart, the Saturday Night Jamboree. Mrs. Boyd was a 19 year breast cancer survivor and a regular participant of the Relay for Life.
Donna always enjoyed spending time fishing and crabbing on the Pungo Creek in front of her home, cooking and traveling with her family and friends. She was actively involved with community affairs and enjoyed going with other volunteers from Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church once a month to the Beaufort County Nursing Home to help patients celebrate their birthdays with songs and treats. Donna, as a lifelong lover of music and past long time member of Saint Peter’s Choir, was always willing to burst into song with family, friends or just by herself.
Donna was preceded in death by her first husband H. Clifton Newberry and her second husband Robert L. Parry; along with her four brothers, Cecil Cutler, Leroy Cutler, Julian Cutler, and John B. Cutler; her two sisters Linda Marsh and Carrie Gurganus, and her niece Wendy Gurganus.
She is survived by daughters Henrietta Knox and husband Jesse of Raleigh, and Mary Tankard and husband Lee of Bath; granddaughters Jessica Knox of Sterling, VA and Elizabeth Tankard of Greenville; step-grandsons Lee D. Tankard Jr. and wife Cheryl of Raleigh, John Tankard of Washington and Alston Tankard and wife Lisa of Washington; great granddaughters Ashley Tankard of Greenville, Alyssa and Catherine Tankard of Washington; and many dearly loved nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Pallbearers will be Scott Chandler, Alston Tankard, Lee Tankard Jr., David Ellis, Sam Windley and Richard Seale.
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