Leslie Lee Boyd

Leslie Lee Boyd, 75, died June 27, 2015 at Baptist Health in Little Rock. He was born to John Alexander and Mamie Azalee Boyd on May 3, 1940 in the small farming community of Van, Arkansas. He grew up on the farm working with his dad and brothers raising rice, cotton, soybeans, wheat and Black Angus cattle. Leslie attended school in DeWitt where he played football, basketball and ran track for the DeWitt Dragons. He married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Jane Steele, in November 1958. They moved to Clarendon in 1963 where he farmed and managed Shamrock Farms for 30 years until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of Clarendon First Baptist Church, former member of Roe Men's Club and the Gaspergoo Hunting Club. Leslie enjoyed hunting and woodworking. He was particularly fond of fishing, especially with a grandchild by his side. In his later years, he enjoyed working out in his yard landscaping and tending to his flowers. Leslie was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Lionel D. Boyd, John Andy Boyd and Billy Gene Boyd. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Jane Steele Boyd of Clarendon; daughter Leslie Suzanne Self and husband Wayne, their children, Ryan Ashley Self and wife Kelly and Zachary Boyd Self all of Roe; son, John Russell Boyd and wife Lisa, their children, Lee Daniel, Alex Rae and Kylie Ashton Boyd of Lonoke; daughter, Rebecca Jane Kroamer and husband David of North Little Rock, their children, David Shane Kroamer and wife Jill, their children, Christopher Aidan and Katherine Addilynn Kroamer of Georgia and Nikki Jane Kroamer and Cody Sanders and their child Madilynn Jane Sanders of North Little Rock; son, Scott Steele Boyd and wife Sylvia and their children, Scott Cameron, Scott Elliott and Ethan Steele Boyd of Stuttgart. He is also survived by a brother, Bobby Boyd and wife Jean of DeWitt and a sister, Patsy Ann Watts and husband Gary of Missouri. We would like to express our sincere appreciation of Leslie's doctors who cared for him over the years: Dr. Dennis Yelvington of Baptist Health, Stuttgart, Dr. David C. Hicks of St. Vincent Heart Clinic, Arkansas, Dr. Balan Nair of Little Rock Hemotology Oncology and Dr. Terrence Angtuaco of Little Rock Diagnotic Clinic. Also a special thank you to Essex Funeral Home for their kindness to our family. Memorials may be made to Clarendon First Baptist Church, 224 Washington St., Clarendon, Ark. 72029 or the Clarendon First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 411, Clarendon, Ark. 72029. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 1st at Essex Funeral Home Chapel, DeWitt with burial at Cedarcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 30th. essexfuneralhome.com.