Donna

Boyd

Donna Lynette Boyd

July 28, 1943 ~ November 12, 2026

Donna Lynnette Boyd, 83, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2026, at Providence Hospital, surrounded by her loving family after a brief illness.

Born on July 28, 1943, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, to the late Ralph “Dale” and Helen “Mauriece” Richardson, Donna spent her early years happily surrounded by her extended family in Murfreesboro before her family moved to Indiana during her secondary schooling. Donna graduated with high marks from Emerson High School in 1961. One summer while visiting her grandparents in Murfreesboro, a handsome, tanned fella asked her to the Peach Festival. He turned out to be the love of her life, Charles Boyd. Donna and Charles maintained a long-distance relationship through letters and spent hours talking over summer and Christmas breaks before marrying on June 26, 1965. This marked the beginning of a beautiful partnership filled with shared dreams, laughter, and lifelong devotion. Together, they built a home grounded in warmth, faith, and a shared goal to make the world a better place.

Charles and Donna’s 61 years of marriage stood as a true testament to their mutual love, respect, and devotion to living a life modeling Christ’s love. The young couple continued their education at the University of Arkansas. Charles pursued his Electrical Engineering degree, and she studied Art History. She was blessed with their first child before graduating, but maintained her lifelong passion for art. They were blessed with two children, Timothy and then Robyn. Donna’s family was the center of her world, and she poured her heart into guiding and nurturing them.

Charles valued Donna’s input and respected her wise counsel. She supported his career at every step and managed the home front so he could pursue a demanding career and travel. She prayerfully considered Biblical principles in leading the family and researched extensively anything that was new to her, like investing. She was very creative, loved to paint, and enjoyed a wide variety of crafts like cross-stitch. Donna was an avid reader and loved diving into many genres of books. She found great joy in the book clubs that she participated in and led.

Donna was a dedicated mother who actively volunteered in Tim and Robyn’s school activities, including the PTA, and founded the Mother Goose Reading Program at their elementary school. She also served faithfully in the children’s and youth Sunday School programs at First Baptist Church Round Rock, chaired many committees at both First Baptist Round Rock and First Baptist Valley Mills, lent her time to the local library and the League of Women Voters, and regularly assisted in the church office at FBCRR.

In 2000, Donna supported Charles’s decision to purchase a “little” ranch in Valley Mills. The land became a haven, first for their daughter Robyn’s family. Robyn, David, Clayton, and Jessica built a home, and a few years later, Charles and Donna built their home as well. The ranch quickly became the heart of all family gatherings, and for several years, Donna’s mother, Mauriece, lived with them on the property. Donna loved riding around the land in the six-wheeler and watching the cows. Before Tim passed away suddenly in 2024, he regularly brought his wife and children, Michael and Camille, for countless adventures on the land. Donna enjoyed hosting family reunions and social events. The grandchildren grew up hearing Nana share her deep faith and pray faithfully over each of them. She was so proud of all her grandchildren.

Her grandchildren lovingly knew her as “Nana,” and she treasured every moment spent with them. During her brief stay in the hospital, all the grandchildren shared their favorite stories about Nana. They enjoyed many stories about holiday traditions, lazy days at the land by the pool or hiking, traveling on a “grandkids only” trip to Branson, and more. The theme of all the stories revolved around how deeply Nana loved them, how sharp and witty she was, and how well she had lived her life.

Donna is now greatly rejoicing in her reunion with her parents and grandparents in Heaven, and most certainly running into the arms of her son, Timothy, with whom she is reunited in eternal peace.

Donna will be deeply missed by her surviving family, including her loving husband Charles, her daughter Robyn and husband David, her daughter-in-law Charlotte, her grandchildren and families, Clayton and Hannah; Jessica and her fiancé Spencer; Michael; Camille and her fiancé Zach, her great-grandchildren Cole, Wesley and Nora, and many other family members, including her cherished nieces and nephews, and friends whose lives she touched. Her kindness, strength, and unwavering faith will forever remain in the hearts of those who knew and loved her.

Those wishing to send flowers are encouraged to use our local florist, The Foundry.

A memorial will be held Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church of Valley Mills, TX. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service, beginning at 10:00 A.M. A graveside will not be held.

In lieu of flowers, make donations to the Valley Mills First Baptist Church.

Arrangements were entrusted to Foss Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Valley Mills, TX 254-405-4249 or 254-932-5249  Please join us in remembering Donna by signing our guestbook at www.fossfuneralhome.com