In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Ella Boyd in TBS Congregation News

Barbara_1983September 7, 1944 ~February 14, 2011

Dr. Barbara Ella Boyd, 67, passed away on Valentine’s Day, collapsing while moving from her apartment. Barbara was a Professor of English at California State University, Northridge for more than 30 years, a job she truly loved, only just retiring last December 2010. She was a native of Birchwood, Tennessee, born to parents Hubert and Mistie Hixson Boyd, both of blessed memory. She became a member of TBS in the early 1980s and converted to Judaism in November of 1982, taking on the Hebrew name, Rachel Rut bat Avraham Avinu v

Published On: 8 Nisan 5771 (8 Nisan 5771 (April 12, 2011))