The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-07-26

genius was to be shown; he always
had an absorbing desire to become a
physician.
He returned to Nashville and en-
tered Meharry Medical College, from
which he graduated with honor in the
class of 1882.
Dr. Boyd entered upon his practice
here in the city of Nashville, and his
brilliant record as physician is so
we'll known by all that it needs no
further comment here,
AS an enterprising business man,
DR.. Boyd had few superiors. For
years he was one OF the busiest and
one Of the hardest worked men in
the state. Between the labors of
building up a large and lucrative
practice, he devoted much time to en-
terprises which had for their special
mission the uplift of the people. At
the time of his death he was the act
i've head of many organizations and
societies of charitable and benevo-
lent character. At an early age, DR..
Boyd CONNECTED himself with the A,
M. e. Church, and during all his ca
reer as professional and business
man, he has ever kept in mind the
life and teachings of the lowly Naza-
rene, and in his effort to walk in His
footsteps, he administered to the
poor and needy, cared for the widow
and succored the orphan His, in
deed, was a life of work and devotion,
as many here present can attest
His tender devotion to his aged and
and afflicted mother bespeaks the
true character of DR. Boyd more fit
tingly than words, He is dead and
we bow in humble submission to the
will of the Father
81 have been asked to speak Just
five minutes a word in memory of
our deceased brother, DIR. Robert Full
ton Boyd. The Psalmist, David,
when he was harassed by his en-
emies, and when his life seemed in
great danger by reason of the hostili-
ty of King Solomon, he remarked that
there was but a step between him
and death. Surely those words find
illustration in the sudden taking away
of DR.. r. F. Boyd. On last Friday
night he attended the session of the
Negro Board of Trade; ate supper
with a friend; went home as usual
to take his rest, not thinking he was
going for the last time He rose Sat
urday morning and ate his breakfast,
after which he went out upon the
lawn in front of his infrmary on
Cherry street. And in less than an
hour he had breathed his last. There
was but a step between him and
death. / have known DR.. Boyd for
thirty-fOur years, and thirty-four
years constitute large part in the
life and history of any man who was
of the age Of DR.. Boyd and myself.
In 1882 in a class of eight young
men, he graduated from Meharry
Medical College, l was a member
of that class; and so, during all
these years he was my friend, class
mate and best of all, my brother in
Christ Jesus. We were young men
together. AS a student he was close,
analytic and discriminate; analytic
because his mind was naturally of
an analytic turn; discriminate be-
cause he was always a man of good
judgment. Those qualities so char
acterized his life that it touched all
the people in this country at,fBhV
does this outpouring here mean? It
means that this mans life has touch
ed the lives of these people and that
he will be long remembered in this
community"
Grafton by Bishop Tyree.
At the conclusion of Bishop Phil
lips remarks, the Nashville Choral