Edwin Benjamin Boyd

Edwin Benjamin Boyd, 56, of Loris passed away on Monday, July 22, 2019, at McLeod Loris Hospital. He was born on Feb. 1, 1963, in Loris to the late Cecil Earl Boyd and the late Carol June Strickland Boyd. He served his country with courage and honor in the United States Army National Guard for over 20 years. Edwin was a devoted family man who loved his wife, son, daughter and grandchildren very much. He was a truck driver by trade. He also loved to be outdoors hunting, fishing and spending time in the mountains. He was a Civil War Reenactor with the 20th North Carolina . He was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife, Donnell Hornsby Boyd; his son, David Boyd and his wife Kate and their daughter Ripley; his daughter, Jennifer Boyd and her son, Gabriel; his brother, Byron E. Boyd and wife Debbie and niece Carmen Lee and her husband Micheal and nephew Cory Boyd and his wife Shelly all of Loris; and his sister, Cecilia J. Boyd of Charlotte, N.C.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 2 p.m. until the time of service at 3 p.m. at Hardwick Memorial Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Neuropathology Laboratory at the Department of Pathology, 171 Ashley Avenue, MSC 908, Charleston, S.C. 29425 or to the charity of one’s choice.

Sign Mr. Boyd’s online guest book at hardwickfuneralhome.com.

Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris served the family.