Helen I. Boyd

Helen Inez Boyd, 91, passed away on June 19, 2023. Service will be Friday, June 30, 2023 beginning with visitation at 10 a.m. and funeral service to follow at 11:30 a.m. at St. Stephen Baptist Church, 1018 S. 15th Street. Interment will be in New Albany National Cemetery.

Helen leaves to cherish her precious memory five children, Edward (Sheryl) O’Bannon, Emily Tharpe, Anthony O’Bannon, JaRon Teague (Amanda Schauer) and Delicia Boyd (Don Kinte’ Patterson); 14 grandchildren,  Antonio Lamont Tharpe, Tamberly Stone, Craig Stone, Devon Stone, Kendra Trice, Lavar Allen, Brittany O’Bannon, Yun O’Bannon, Myrrah Darring, Shammara Darring, Joseph Watkins, JeRon Watkins, Isaiah Kolowitz, Don Kinte’ Patterson, Jr.; and a host of great and great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, especially Addie Mae Cartwright, Dorothy Stone Hutcherson and ‘Granny Christine’ Neal.