Kyser-Peck Cemetery Peck Section 11

BONNIE ELIZABETH BOYD

Tombstone reads:

Bonnie L. Boyd

1906-1980

BONNIE ELIZABETH BOYD was born in Rockwall

County, Texas, on September 18, 1906. She was the

first child of Augusta Leigh Hanby Boyd (b. 06-24-1883;

d. 07-10-1962) and Frank Boyd (b. 03-01-1881;

d. 10-25-1917). Bonnie was severely injured in the

aforementioned car wreck which killed her father

and aunt, Jean Kathleen Hanby. The description of her

injuries which was given to me by my parents was that

the trees crashing into the car roof drove many

splinters into her brain. These splinters could not

all be removed and she was left with a very noticeable

limp and injuries which stopped her mental

development at eleven years of age. [This is not a

scientific explanation, but it is the explanation I was

given as a child.] In the will of Elizabeth Josephine

Peck Hanby, Bonnie was the only grandchild to

whom she left a specific bequest. A statement in

her will, dated September 3r^d, 1923, reads, "The

$500.00 is for Bonnie. I remember Bonnie, because

she is lame and is my only namesake." Bonnie never

married and lived in the family home until her death on

May 4, 1980.