Boyds to celebrate 50th Anniversary

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Phil and Susan Boyd of Chandler will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, August 9. A formal celebration will be held at a later date due to Covid 19 restrictions on gatherings.

The couple was married on Sunday, August 9, 1970, in Ardmore, Okla.

Their family includes a son and daughter-in-law, Trevor and Holly, of Chandler, a daughter, Kirstan, of Edmond, and three grandchildren, Susan, Thomas and Lucy.

Phil and Susan met as students at Oklahoma State University. Phil completed a degree in journalism at OSU while Susan transferred to Oklahoma University to take a degree in nursing. They made their home in Chandler in 1972.

Phil had a career as a newspaper reporter and editor, and later as treasurer and grant writer for the Chandler school system. Susan worked in hospitals in Shawnee and Oklahoma City, taught student nurses at Central Vo-Tech and Seminole Junior College and served as a county health nurse before completing her career as director of clinical nursing service at the Oklahoma State Health Department.

Both have been active in community organizations, Phil as leader of Cub Scout Pack 1 for 15 years, troop committee member of Boy Scout troop 111, member and past-president of Rotary, and elder and treasurer for Central Church of Christ. Susan is a founding member of Lincoln County On-Stage and has served as actor, director and stage manager.