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Elijah Cole Boyd, age 12 of Rover, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, AR. He was born February 14, 2011, at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello, AR. Elijah loved playing basketball for Two Rivers Middle School in Ola, AR and went to church at New Life Church in Russellville with his dad and bonus mom. He also loved to play cars with his brother, Isaiah Boyd, and his friends at school. He enjoyed swimming, fishing, hiking, running, jumping on the trampoline, and riding on his bike. Elijah loved his close friends and family, his school friends, and his church family.
He is survived by his dad Albert Boyd and bonus mom, Denise, of Rover; mother, Holly Gossett of Beebe; brother, Isaiah Boyd, of Rover, AR; grandparents, Rebecca Boyd and Billy Boyd, Sr. of Monticello, grandmother, Joy Hennieke of Beebe; grandparents, Rocky and Stephanie of Greenbrier, AR; uncles, Billy Boyd, Jr. of Duluth, MN, David Derryberry of Tillar, AR; aunts, Siri Boyd of Duluth, MN, Debbie Derryberry of Tillar, AR, and Betty Carol of Crossett, AR; cousins, Dean Derryberry, of Tillar and Kayla Miller, of Everton, AR.
Funeral services will be Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel in Monticello, AR. Burial will follow in Tillar Cemetery, in Tillar, AR. Visitation will be Friday, March 31, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel.
He is survived by his dad Albert Boyd and bonus mom, Denise, of Rover; mother, Holly Gossett of Beebe; brother, Isaiah Boyd, of Rover, AR; grandparents, Rebecca Boyd and Billy Boyd, Sr. of Monticello, grandmother, Joy Hennieke of Beebe; grandparents, Rocky and Stephanie of Greenbrier, AR; uncles, Billy Boyd, Jr. of Duluth, MN, David Derryberry of Tillar, AR; aunts, Siri Boyd of Duluth, MN, Debbie Derryberry of Tillar, AR, and Betty Carol of Crossett, AR; cousins, Dean Derryberry, of Tillar and Kayla Miller, of Everton, AR.
Funeral services will be Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel in Monticello, AR. Burial will follow in Tillar Cemetery, in Tillar, AR. Visitation will be Friday, March 31, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel.