Source: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2001/oct/28/obituaries-for-oct-29-2001/

Helen Lazelle Boykin

July 10, 1914 -Oct. 27, 2001

FERRIDAY - Services for Helen Lazelle Boykin, 87, of Ferriday, who died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Young's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Natchez under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Boykin was born July 10, 1914 in Gloster to L.H. and Ruby Dawson. She was a homemaker and member of the Methodist faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters, Wanda Boykin Clay and Lucille Boykin Bamburg.

Survivors include her husband, Carl Boykin; five sons, Freddie Boykin of Denham Springs, La., Joe Boykin of Ferriday, Keith Boykin of Woodville, Wren Boykin or Natchez and Zane Boykin of Southhaven; one daughter, Dorothy Boykin of Denham Springs, La.; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother, William Monroe Dawson of Jackson; and three sisters, Vasser Dawson Boykin of Zachary, La., Evelyn Dawson Havard of Baton Rouge, La., and Catherine Dawson Thornton of Gloster.