Louise Boyd, 89 of Collins, MS passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022, at Guardian Angels in Laurel, Mississippi. She was born Tuesday, January 17, 1933, in Bay Springs, Mississippi.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, MS. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 10:00AM at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, MS. Burial will follow in Collins City Cemetery in Collins, Mississippi.  Bro. Mike Davis will officiate.

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements. 601-649-3342.

Louise was a native of the Louin-Bay Springs area.  She worked at Neco in Bay Springs for over 20 years at which time she returned home to pursue her seamstress business full time.  After moving to Collins, MS she and her husband owned and operated Pine Haven Daylilies where they spent many years doing what they loved and enjoyed.  Her hobbies included quilting, sewing, painting, woodworking and cooking.  She enjoyed the outdoors and mowed her own grass until recently.  All of her children and grandchildren will enjoy her quilting for many years to come.  She made quilts for everyone she loved and cared for and donated many for charities.  She attended Grace Outreach Church in Collins, MS

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.C. "Jimmy" Boyd; daughter, Charlotte Louise Sykes; parents, John and Hattie Scott McClain; brothers, Arnold McClain, Delma McClain, and Houston McClain; sisters, Faye Phillips, and Beatrice Hicks; grandson, Stephen Walters; great granddaughter, Justice Graham.

Survivors include her daughters, Lisa Kelley (Sam), and Shirley Walters (Paul); step-daughters, Sherry Grant (Shane), Debbie Brooks (Bobby), and Connie Stovall (John); grandchildren, Stephanie Ingle, Lindsey Bonner (Billy), Lacey Dickerson (Steve), Shane Scarbrough (Julie), Christa Graham, Jay Brooks (Lori), Josh Sanford and 20-great grandchildren, 3- great great grandchildren; sister, Thelma Lewis.

Pallbearers will be Billy Bonner, Jordan Bonner, Hayden Johnston, Bobby Sykes, Richard Sykes, and Victor Hicks.

Honorary pallbearers will be Shane Scarbrough.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com