Mary Lee Boyd

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Mary Lee Boyd

Birth
French Camp, Choctaw County, Mississippi, USA
Death
Aug 1949 (aged 75)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
French Camp, Choctaw County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.2948745, Longitude: -89.407105
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Mary Lee Boyd was the daughter of Smith Leroy and Isabella Pilcher Boyd. She never married. She graduated from Central Mississippi Institute at French Camp, MS, and taught at Madison County, Starkville, and Aberdeen public schools. In 1913, she moved to Central High School in Jackson, where she taught history until 1945. An elementary school, now a magnet school, in Jackson is named for her.
Mary Lee Boyd was the daughter of Smith Leroy and Isabella Pilcher Boyd. She never married. She graduated from Central Mississippi Institute at French Camp, MS, and taught at Madison County, Starkville, and Aberdeen public schools. In 1913, she moved to Central High School in Jackson, where she taught history until 1945. An elementary school, now a magnet school, in Jackson is named for her.