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GateHouse News Service
Posted May 15, 2008 @ 04:41 PM

SHAWNEE, Okla. —

Chandler resident Robert E. “Bob” Boyd, 54, passed away Wednesday, May 14, at his home.
He was born Aug.t 13, 1953, in Sayre to Philip N. and Winifred Fullerton Boyd. He spent his childhood in Sayre and graduated high school there in 1971.
On Sept. 7, 1974, he married Janet K. Mollet in Elk City. They moved to Chandler from Norman in 1979.
Boyd was a graduate of Oklahoma State University's School of Journalism with a degree in advertising and public relations. He worked for the Sayre Journal, Stillwater News-Press, Norman Transcript and Lincoln County News before opening his advertising agency in 1987. Boyd was the owner of Bob Boyd Advertising Services.
He was a member of Central Church of Christ, Chandler, where he served as a song leader and teacher and was recently nominated as a deacon.
Boyd was a past president of Lincoln County On-Stage and had served the community theater organization as a director, set and crew member, actor, and publicist. He was a member of the committee for Boy Scout Troop 111, served as a Cub and Webelos leader in Chandler Cub Scout Pack 1 and coached young baseball players in tee-ball.
He was involved in numerous community events, serving on the Ice Cream Festival committee and the Chandler Parks Board. He was an avid Civil War history student and a fan of youth sports.
Survivors include his wife, Janet, and son, Cody, of the home; a sister, Linda J. Boyd, Oklahoma City; a brother and sister-in-law, Phil and Susan Boyd, Chandler; his mother-in-law, Lois Mollet, Elk City; two sisters-in-law, Judy and husband, Steve Bryan, Bluejacket, and Marilyn Mollet, Yukon; and two brothers-in-law, Ron and wife,  Christine Mollet, Yukon, and John Mollet, Elk City.
Also surviving are nephews, Trevor Boyd of Lawton, Jason Bryan of Bluejacket, Greg Bryan of Bentonville, Ark., Tyler Mollet of Piedmont, Todd Mollet of Oklahoma City and Matt Mollet, Dallas, Texas; nieces, Kirstan Boyd of Moore, Maura Hobbs of Norfolk, Va., Melanie  Woolhouse of Australia, Melissa Dutton of Fletcher; Kathy Mayfield  of Elk City, and Teresa Hopper of Elk City; and many cousins and friends.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the auditorium of the Chandler High School Performing Arts Center.
Officiating will be Buster Sides, minister of the Blanchard Church of Christ. Burial will be at Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler under the direction fo Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Chandler.

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