RIP Gen. Johnnie Boyd

[ColonelJack]

Just saw this posted on Facebook.  RIP, General Boyd.



NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – Brig. Gen. Johnnie Boyd, Civil Air Patrol national commander from September 1979-August 1982, died Sunday in Oklahoma. He was 85.

Boyd joined CAP in 1943 as only the 23rd cadet in the Oklahoma Wing. Before being elected national commander, he served as Oklahoma Wing chief of staff, Oklahoma Wing commander, Southwest Region commander and national vice commander.

He served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve, as well as in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He worked as a methods engineer at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

Brig. Gen. Samuel H. DuPont Jr., CAP's chairman of the National Board – forerunner of the national commander's position – from October 1970-October 1973, recalled Boyd fondly as a friend for more than 40 years.

"Johnnie Boyd was very well-liked and admired by anyone who ever worked under him or over him or for him or with him," DuPont said.

In CAP, "he would always do everything he was asked; he was ready to do anything needed, whether in his region or anywhere else," the former board chairman said.

"I really can't say enough for him."

Funeral services are scheduled at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunny Lane United Methodist Church, 2020 S. Sunnylane Road, Del City, Okla. 73115. Visitation is at Ford Funeral Services, 305 South Sooner Road, Midwest City, Okla. 73110.

[capmaj]

Blue Skies, General.

[MisterCD]

From the 1980 CAP report to Congress