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Garland Lester Boykin (1900 - 1966)

Garland Lester (Lester) Boykin
Born in Leon Co., Texasmap
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Died at age 66 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texasmap
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Biography

Garland Lester Boykin was born June 25, 1900[1] to James Alexander Boykin III and Lida (Garland) Boykin.

He was a veteran of WWI and WWII, rising to the rank of Major.[2]

He married Lucy Edna Matthews.[3]

Together they were parents of James Lester Boykin, Benjamin Mathews Boykin, William E. Boykin, and Martha E. Boykin.


Lester passed away Sept. 18, 1966 in El Paso, Texas[4] and was buried at the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


Sources

  1. WWI Draft Registration, Sept. 1918
  2. Gravestone. Click "buried" to view photo.
  3. Maiden name recorded on Texas Birth Record for son James Lester Boykin
  4. Texas Death Certificate, issued El Passo Co.

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