I am sad to post the passing of my aunt Lorraine Shreves Boyd. The obit follows: SHREVES, MRS. LORRAINE BOYD, age 90, of Birmingham, died May 28, 2004. Mrs. Shreves retired from Vulcan Painters, Inc., after many years of service as secre-tary and treas-urer. She was one of the first women in the United States to draw a pension from the Interna-tional Painters Union and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution . She was a past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star chapter 118. Mrs. Lorraine Shreves was nominated for Woman of the Year by the Greater Birmingham Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction in 1973. She was a charter member of the local WIC and served as president in 1969-1970. She also was a mem-ber of the Vestavia Baptist Church. Her lifelong hobbies in-cluded genealogical research, traveling around the world, and a true passion for reading. She was preceded in death by her husband Mr. John Shreves; her son, Robert F. Lyemance, III of Birmingham; her grandson, Bobby F. Lyemance, IV of Vestavia; her brothers, William D. Boyd, Leslie 0. Boyd, Martin R. Boyd, and David A. Boyd; and her sister, Edna Boyd Hill, all of Birmingham. Survivors: granddaughters, Robyn L. Lyemance of Charlotte, NC, Mi-chelle L. Smith of Hoover, and Suzanne L. Lusco of Helena; great-grandchildren, Bobby F. Ly-emance, V, of Montgomery, Ste-phen P. Smith and Lauren N. Smith, both of Hoover, and Addison E. Lusco of Helena; granddaughter-in-law, Luverne Lyemance of Vestavia; grandsons-in-law, Tim P. Smith of Hoover and Phillip Lusco of Helena; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Sunday, May 30, 2004, from 5-7 p.m. at Elmwood Chapel Funeral service will be Monday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m., at Elmwood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel with entombment in Elmwood Mausoleum. Ridout's Elmwood Chapel is di-recting. Lorraine was the daughter of Felix Daugherty Boyd and Bessie Lee Wims. Felix Boyd was the son of Random Roderic Boyd and Ella Darnell Lavender, Random was the son of John Montgomery Boyd and Louisa Jane Moore. John M Boyd moved to Sumter Co. Alabama from South Carolina with his father John Boyd and his mother Jane Dial. David Ross Boyd