Mary E. Mcginnis

Mary Elizabeth Boyd McGinnis, 72 of Paragould died Thursday at the NEA Hospital in Jonesboro. "Liz" as she was known to here family, retired from L. A. Darling and served many years volunteering for the March of Dimes. She loved her family and many friends. She enjoyed making her ceramics and her basketball games be it on TV or live. She was of the Baptist belief. She was preceded in death by her parents, Whitfield and Grace Hill Boyd and a brother, Larry Boyd. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Gene McGinnis, daughter, Retha Kappelman of Paragould; two granddaughters, Danna Woods and Diedra Robinson and great grandsam Jamal Savior all of Paragould. Sisters, Marie Vaughn and Stella Boyd of Paragould, Wilma Fowler of Chattanooga, TN; brothers, Vernon Boyd of Paragould, Herschel Boyd of Rockford, IL, Walter Boyd of O'Fallon, MO and Joe Boyd of Doniphan, MO. many nieces, nephews and a host of friends. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6:00-8:00 at Heath Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30 P.M. at Heath Colonial Chapel with Rev. Kenny Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Memorials Gardens Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to American Diabetes Association , 320 Executive Court, Suite 104, Little Rock, AR 72205 or the March of Dimes, 1501 North Pierce, Suite 106, Little Rock, AR 72207.