Lavoyce McCurdy

Lavoyce Boswell McCurdy went home to be with the Lord Monday, March 6, 2006. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Barry Baptist Church, Main Street, Barry, with the Rev. Gene Gipson officiating. Interment will be at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery. Honorees will be grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Mrs. McCurdy was born in Barry on Oct. 18, 1918, to Luther and Hallie Boswell. She graduated from Barry Independent School and Texas Woman?s University where she received her teaching certification. She received her master?s degree in education from North Texas University where she met and married Carroll McCurdy. Lavoyce retired after teaching for over 36 years, first at Barry Independent School until its closing in 1957. She taught high school there as well as fifth and sixth grade. She then began teaching in Corsicana, where for the rest of her career she taught fifth grade and reading at Sam Houston, Travis, Bowie and Fannin Elementary schools. She often remarked that one of her greatest joys was in helping and seeing a student learn. Lavoyce was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma teachers fraternity, serving that organization in most all areas of leadership over the years. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association. Lavoyce was a lifetime member of Barry Baptist Church where she attended 87 years, the church having only been built the year before her birth. She attended Sunday school there as a small child and eventually taught Sunday school classes there for over four decades. Preceding her passing was her husband, Carroll C. ?Pinkie? McCurdy. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Carroll and Jackie Boswell of Barry; sister-in-law, Vera Knight of Bryan; two sons and a daughter, Bill McCurdy and wife Nikki of Bryan, Ryan McCurdy of Tampa, Fla., and Judy Willis and husband Ronny of Corsicana; three grandchildren, Scott McCurdy and wife Carolyn of Bryan, Tim McCurdy and wife Gina of Bryan and Ellen Lewis and husband Lee of Dallas; six great-grandchildren, Scott and Tara McCurdy, Kalee and Will McCurdy, Luke and Reid Lewis; four nieces, Barbara Phillips of Corsicana, Karen Steffler and husband Scott of Fort Worth, Pat Guseman of Bryan and Judy Boswell of Houston; two nephews, Larry Boswell and wife Kim of Barry and Gary Boswell and wife Susan of The Woodlands; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Barry Baptist Church, P.O. Box 53, Barry, TX 75102.

Lavoyce McCurdy

October 18, 1918 - March 6, 2006