Alyssa Boyd

Clyde, Alyssa Catherine Boyd, age 11, of 10 Cheyenne Street, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Duke University Medical Center following a 14-month illness. She was born in Greenwood, SC and resided in Haywood County most of her life. Alyssa was a 5th grade "A" honor roll student at Clyde Elementary School and a member of AIG. She was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and member of the children's choir. She played one season of soccer. She is survived by her father, Steven Lee Boyd of Americus, GA; mother, Ginger Phillips Boyd and her special friend, Anthony Payne; siblings, Kaitlyn Boyd, Daniel Phillips, Savannah Phillips-Payne and Anthony's son, Dakota Payne, all of the home; maternal grandparents, Gerald Blazer of Dandridge, TN and Wayne and Elizabeth Rathbone of Waynesville; paternal grandfather, Thomas Richard Boyd, Sr. of Americus, GA; and paternal step-grandfather, Michael J. Whitley, of Cobb, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Crestview Baptist Church with Reverend Dean Clontz and Reverend Barry Willett officiating. Burial will follow at Owens Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home of Waynesville. Memorials may be made to Arts for Life or Child Life, both are located at Memorial Mission Hospital, 509 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, or the Lewis Rathburn Wellness Center, 121 Sherwood Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

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