Pauline L. Boyd

Pauline Lucy Boyd, Lucy Pauline (Barkley) Boyd was born on June 8, 1923 to Roy Robert and Gillie Arizona (Berry) Barkley in Greenwood, Ark. She was one of seven daughters born to them and one brother. Growing up on the farm was hard work. That is where her lessons in life concerning “work ethic” were instilled into her. Life on the farm was anything but boring. There was lots of hard work to do and she and her brother were assigned the job of plowing, among other chores. However this was not what one might think as she and her brother, Bud, often got into fights. One time some of the family came home from town and found Bud on the ground where Pauline had put him.

Life at that time was hard. It was the great depression years. Pauline only went to the 8th grade so that she could help the family do what was needed to live. At some point in time the family moved to Oklahoma, where she met and married Harry Eugene Boyd. Together they raised one daughter, Paula Jean and one son, Jimmy Lee. She lived in the Tulsa area for over 60 years. She worked as a machinist or many years until her retirement. That passion for building things carried over into her personal life. She loved the challenge of repairing things around the house and creating work projects for improving things as well.

Life for the family was anything but boring. Pauline had many interests and hobbies and worked at all of them well. She enjoyed sewing, horseshoes, bowling, woodworking, planting a garden and canning, spending time with family, seeing things of the world and something very close to her heart was the Cardinal Baseball Team.

She loved telling stories of when she was growing up. She also had a great love for fishing. One thing she did that her children remembered with special memories was when she would read the book, “The Bird Life in Wington” to her kids every night. They were stories with great moral values in them that helped children learn how to live life. She had a great sense of humor that growing up in Arkansas highly influenced.

One fond memory of her daughter was when Pauline would take Paula and Jim fishing. She would measure the distance of a nearby tree and tie them to it so that they could not fall into the water. This was because when she was young she almost drowned. She wanted to make sure they would be safe. It was this kind of ingenuity that she used all of her life in meeting many challenges, whether it was chores or repairs that needed to be done around the house.

She had a strong sense of right and wrong, as the Bible revealed to her what God had to say about every matter in life.

The greatest event of her life was when she truly came to know Christ as her Savior. This was a turning point in her life, and her relationship with the Lord grew stronger and stronger and was the center of all of her thinking. She studied her Bible and even taught Sunday School. One great desire she had was for her family members to know Christ, not just a belief, but a real and genuine conversion to Christ. That was always much on her mind.

She was loved by her family and so many others and she will be greatly missed, but know this, she is not dead, but alive. She is more alive now that she has ever been! Last Thursday was not the end of her life, but only the end of the beginning. Eternity with Christ IS life. It is not a figment of one’s imagination, nor a fairy tale to answer life’s hard questions, as some would have us believe, but real life, unending life, blessed with God forevermore. I believe I would have her permission to say these next words: “if you do not know Christ, or if you are not sure that you do, please understand that there is no saving virtue in “believing in Christ” but rather a real and passionate relationship with Christ. One where Christ is actively changing your life into the likeness of Himself. Biblical Christianity is not a religion (belief), but a real relationship with the One True God, The One Who created all things for His glory. Search your heart and know whether He is Savior and Lord to you.” She was a member of the Sequoyah Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa.

Pauline was called home into the presence of her Savior on Thursday evening at the age of 87 years, 6 months and 8 days. We thank the Lord for a ALL of her days, though many were filled with challenges, yet grace filled them all.

She was preceded in death by her:
Parents
4 sisters
1 brother
Her husband Harry
Her son, Jim

She is survived by:

Her daughter Paula Orwig and husband Lester of Talala
Her daughter-in-law Betty Boyd of Broken Arrow
Two sisters: Flossie Krivan of Bixby and Norma Jean Weiass of Grand Prairie, Tx
Six grandchildren
Six great grandchildren
Nieces, Nephews, Cousins friends and neighbors

Visitation: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 1:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. and Monday, December 20, 2010, from 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Collinsville Dolton Funeral Home.

Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Sequoyah Hills Baptist Church, 714 N Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK, with Pastor Rodney James officiating.