Violet Ann Boyls

Evans – Mrs. Violet Ann Boyls, died on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Augusta, Georgia, with her family by her side.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 2:00 at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Matt Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at Westover Memorial Park.

Mrs. Boyls was born on July 11, 1929 in La Grange, Texas to Roy and Georgerine Gilliam. She graduated from La Grange High School and moved to Houston, Texas to model and attend secretarial school. While in Houston, she met Robert Dawson Boyls. They were married February 25, 1951 in La Grange and moved to California. Mrs. Boyls was a homemaker in Glendora and in Del Mar, California. She also worked for Logicon in Del Mar for ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Boyls lived in Southern California for over 40 years, before moving to Augusta, Georgia in 1992, to be closer to family members.

She was an active member of West Lake Country Club, where she belonged to the West Lake Women’s Club, West Lake Garden Club and Lady Lakers. She enjoyed playing bridge with her dear friends, and her other interests included gardening, cooking and reading. She attended Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church.

She will be dearly missed by family and friends.

Mrs. Boyls is survived by her two sons, Robert Gilliam Boyls and Richard Lee Boyls, her daughter, Beverly G. Boyls O’Connell and son in law, George G. O’Connell, and her two grandsons, Thomas G. O’Connell and Steven G. O’Connell.

Pallbearers will be Robert G. Boyls, Richard L. Boyls, George G. O’Connell, Thomas G. O’Connell, Steven G. O’Connell and Robert H. Kuhlke, Jr.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening, May 6, 2011 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM.