The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, December 29, 1994            TAG: 9412290317
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: RANDALLSTWON, MD.                  LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

MICHAEL W. BOYD

Michael Wadsworth Boyd, 52, of the 3500 block of Carriage Hill Circle, formerly of New York, died Dec. 23, 1994.

He was born in Norfolk and was a counselor for the New York State Education Department for 23 years before retiring. He was predeceased by his mother, Ann Elizabeth Mendoza Whitehurst.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Edward and Etta Whitehurst; one sister, Tejuana Mendoza Bradford of Maryland; grandmother, Alvania Jernigan Mendoza; uncles, Hosa Mendoza of Milwaukee, Wis., and Donacan Mendoza of Norfolk; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, by the Rev. Joseph Copeland of the United Church of Christ. Hale Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

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