A memorial service for Leroy H. Boyd will be held on Saturday, January 8 at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Starkville. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 9 a.m. He will be interred in Oklahoma at a later date. Dr. Boyd, 75, died on January 6 at Oktibbeha County Hospital. He was born and raised in Ellis County in western Oklahoma. He received a B.S. degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Boyd was on the faculty of the Animal Husbandry Department (later Animal and Dairy Science) of Mississippi State University and during his 38 years of service he taught courses related to sheep, horses, livestock judging, and Western Equitation. He maintained a lifelong interest in sheep and judged sheep competitions at livestock shows in 32 states, kept a small flock of sheep and trained Border Collies. He was preceded in death by his parents, P.R. and Faye Dickson Boyd and brother Wendall Boyd. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Catherine Robertson Boyd; two daughters, Susanne (David) Purvis of Houston, TX and Diane (Jeffrey) Schultz of Tuscaloosa, AL; grandchildren Rebecca and Timothy Purvis and Nathaniel Schultz; brother James (Marylee) Boyd of Abilene, TX; nieces Catherine Curtis and Carol (Martin) Schiel of Oklahoma City; and nephews James Boyd of Abilene, TX, Randy Boyd of Austin, TX, and Garvin (Loretta) Boyd of The Woodlands, TX. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Leroy Boyd Memorial Scholarship Fund, MSU Foundation, P.O. Box 6149, Mississippi State, MS 39762 (or at httmsufoundation.com/) or to the Capital Campaign, First Baptist Church,106 E. Lampkin Street, Starkville, MS 39759.