LaVelle Swinney Boyd NASHVILLE, Tenn. Memorial service for LaVelle Swinney Boyd, 77, Nashville, Tenn., will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 643 Harding Place, Nashville, with the Rev John Crawford officiating. Mrs. Boyd died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Arrangements are under direction of Woodbine Funeral Home Hickory Chapel, Nashville. She was born and raised in Lawton, where her father served as superintendent and her mother taught in Lawton Public Schools. She was a lifelong teacher and became a school principal later in her career. She married Lorenz Boyd. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law: Lisbeth and Larry Cort; and Lanette Boyd and partner Bethany Reynolds; grandchildren: Loren and Samantha Crosier; and a sister, Carolyn Swinney. She was preceded in death by her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to BC Swinney Elementary, 1431 NW 23rd, Lawton 73505 for its first marquee. Friday, November 21, 2008 More...