Charlotte Ann Brown Boyd was born in McMinnville on Aug. 12, 1946 and died Feb. 3, 2025 after an extended illness.

She was a graduate of McMinnville City High and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. Mrs. Boyd was a retired teacher.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Dennis Smith Brown and Frances Woodlee Hughes Brown.

Survivors include husband of 56 years, Robert W Boyd Jr.; daughter, Emily Boyd Haston (Eric Bouldin); son, Robert W Boyd III; granddaughters, Lucy Haston (Alex Sengmanyvong), Emma Haston (Nathan Maxwell) and Sara Boyd; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Boyd Myers; niece, Elinor Myers Kenworthy (Randy); and nephews, Andrew C Myers IV and Benjamin L. Myers (Anne Hunter). Several great-nieces and nephews also survive.

Mrs. Boyd was a member of First United Methodist Church, where she was instrumental in the founding of The Good Neighbors program. She was a past regent and a member of the Lt. James Sheppard chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and received her 50-year certificate. A charter member of the McMinnville Junior Auxiliary, she was also a member and past president of the Ben Lomand Garden Club. She and Mr. Boyd were also involved in organizing the Beersheba Springs Medical clinic, a not for profit serving the Beersheba Springs Community, of which Mrs. Boyd fondly spent much of her childhood and adolescence.

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 2 pm at Mt View Cemetery with Pastor Ryan Heatherly officiating. There will be no service or visitation held at High's. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic PO Box 112, Beersheba Springs, Tennessee 37305.

Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Feb. 5, 2025