Brattleboro Reformer October 9, 1990

                  Gilbert Basil Boyd

Wilmington -- Gilbert B. "Gib" Boyd, 57, a resident of Higley Hill Road, died Sunday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. 

Born in Wilmington on Aug 6, 1933, he was the son of Wesley G. and Nellie M. Leno Boyd.

He attended Wilmington schools,  graduating from Wilmington High School in 1951.

Mr. Boyd served in the US Army from Dec 1955 to Nov 1957 and was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany as a military policeman.

On June 21, 1957, he married Thelma Adams at
Wilmington Baptist Church.

In earlier years he had worked as a milk carrier
in the Deerfield Valley and for several years had been a meat manager for Grand Union.  He then owned and operated Gib's Sunoco in Wilmington, and for the past several years had been a rural mail carrier in the Wilmington area.

Mr. Boyd was a member of the Wilmington Baptist Church, a former 4-H leader and Boy Scout leader, a member of Deerfield Valley Stump Jumpers Snowmobile Club, and a past member of Wilmington American Legion Post No. 15.  He especially enjoyed motorcycle riding.

Surviving besides his wife are a son, Douglas, and a daughter, Deborah, both of Wilmington; two grandchildren; and a brother, Alfred "Mike" Boyd of Belleview, FL.

He was predeceased by brothers, Richard, Malcolm, Leonard, Wesley, and Ernest "Pat" and also by a sister, Dorothy Boyd.

Military services were held at the cemetery with Chaplain Walter Wilson of the American Legion Post No. 15 of Wilmington officiating.  The American Flag was presented to Mr. Boyd's widow, Thelma, by Cmdr. Walter White and past Cmdr. Alan Davis.  "Taps" was played by Phillip Ware from Wilmington.

Burial will take place in Cutting Cemetery.