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Gayles LaVaun and Boyd L. HILL
Waynoka Cemetery
Boyd Luray Hill
Jun 18, 1925 - Jul 21, 2013
Posted by Ann Weber
Published 7-23-13
Anonymous
Enid News and Eagle
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 10:46 PM CDT
ENID, Okla. — Funeral service for Boyd Luray Hill will be 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at Greenvalley Free Methodist Church, with Rev.
Dave Keller officiating. Interment will be in Waynoka Municipal Cemetery
under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home, Alva.
Boyd Luray Hill, son of the late Clyde Rossy and Violet May (Nusser) Hill,
was born June 18, 1925, near Dacoma in Woods County, Okla., and passed away
Sunday, July 21, 2013, at his home in Woods County, at the age of 88 years,
1 month and 3 days.
Boyd attended school at Pleasant View, Lone Star, Dacoma and Waynoka.
On Sept. 16, 1943, he was inducted into the United States Army and completed
his basic training at Camp Fannin near Tyler, Texas. He then went to Fort
Ord, Calif., where he boarded a ship bound for Australia. He fought in
battles in New Guinea and on Leyte Island in the Philippines, where he was
injured. He was treated in Torney General Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif.,
and William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he was discharged on
March 8, 1946. He earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Service Star for
his service.
On Sept. 20, 1945, he was united in marriage to Gayles Lavaun Murray at his
parents’ home northwest of Waynoka.
After the war, they moved to southern Woods County, where he farmed and
ranched all of his life.
He was a member of the Hopeton Lyons Club, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association,
Woods County Mineral Owners Association, and served on the Alva Farmers
Co-op Board for 18 years. He was a strong supporter of the FFA and 4-H
programs.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Carol Ann
Hill, and three brothers, Robert, Delmar and Clyde Hill Jr.
Boyd is survived by his wife of 67 years, Gayles Hill of Carmen; Larry Hill
and wife, Christina of Carmen; three sisters, Leola Haltom of Alva, Lois
Nutter and husband Donnie of Waynoka, and Allene Welch of Tennessee; two
grandchildren, Savannah Bouziden and husband Chase of Carmen, and Weston
Hill of Carmen; other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Waynoka FFA
and 4-H.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.mar shallfuneralhomes.com.
(Submitted by family)
| Gayles LaVaun Hill |
| © Enid News and Eagle |
| 04-25-2015 |
| Submitted by: Glenn |
© Enid News and Eagle
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Funeral for Gayles LaVaun Hill will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 27, 2015, at Greenvalley Free Methodist Church. Pastor Dave Keller will officiate. Interment will be in Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under direction of Marshall Funeral Home, Alva.
Gayles LaVaun Hill, the only child of the late Jerry Lloyd and Hazel Celesta (Brown) Murray, was born March 3, 1926, in southern Woods County, and passed away April 24, 2015, at Alva, Okla., at age 89 years, 1 month and 21 days.
She attended Highland School District No. 83 and graduated from eighth grade at Horace Mann with the other rural county kids in May 1940.
She then graduated from Waynoka High School with the class of 1944.
Gayles met Boyd Hill through school activities and community socials. Boyd gave Gayles an engagement ring in February 1944, just before he left to go overseas during World War II. After his return to the United States, they were married on Sept. 20, 1945, in his parents' home.
They lived in El Paso, where he completed his service obligation. After Boyd's discharge in March 1946, they returned to Woods County. They farmed and ranched in the area the rest of their lives.
Gayles and Boyd enjoyed camping every summer in Colorado or New Mexico. They also went on trips to Canada, Alaska, Australia and New Zealand.
She was a member of Greenvalley Free Methodist Church. She joined Extension Homemakers in November 1946 and was a continuous member for 65 years, serving as secretary, treasurer and president in the 1970s. She loved judging at the county fairs. She worked in her voting precinct for more than 40 years as a counter or clerk.
Besides her parents and her husband, Boyd, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carol Hill, and her stepmother, Opal Murray.
Gayles is survived by her son, Larry Hill and wife, Christina, of Carmen; two grandchildren, Savannah Bouziden and husband, Chase, of Carmen, and Weston Hill of Carmen; two great-grandchildren, Bristol and Zarah Grace Bouziden; two sisters-in-law, Lois Nutter and husband, Don, of Waynoka, and Leola Haltom of Alva; and other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Woods County Home and Community Education.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
(Submitted by family)
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