Boyd Funeral Home

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Wesley Boyd Sr. was born November 9, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas to Dumas and Emma Humphries Boyd. He attended Forth Worth Public Schools. He graduated in 1948 from I. M. Terrell High School. His education continued at Prairie View A. & M. University. He was in the R. O. T. C. and a graduate of the Class of 1955. Thereafter, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and served diligently until he was honorably discharged in 1958, he moved to Houston, Texas and began working in public education. The schools and colleges where he enjoyed teaching and coaching basketball are as follows: Aldine ISD. - Carver and Drew High School where he served as Head Coach for three years; Galena Park - Fidelity High School; Houston Independent School District: Booker T Washington High School where he served as Junior High Coach and compiled a 99-8 record and went to the City finals all four years; Hartman Middle School, Key Middle School, Woodson Middle School, Phyllis Wheatley High School, and Fleming Middle School. After accomplishing so much in such a short period of time Coach Boyd felt it was time for new challenges. He enrolled in Commonwealth College of Science where he received his Funeral Directors and Embalmers License.