Geraldine Thorne Boykin

Geraldine Thorne Boykin November 23, 1939 – May 24, 2018 Geraldine Thorne Boykin, 78, of Bailey passed away Thursday. Her funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stony Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 9646 Stoney Hill Church Road, Middlesex. Interment will follow in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Buddy Wagnon will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday morning from 10 – 10:45 a.m. at Stony Hill FWB Church, Middlesex, and other times at the home of Geraldine. Geraldine is survived by her daughters, Sylvia Temple and husband, Danny, and Sharon Greer and husband, Jonathan both of Bailey; her sons, Wayne Boykin, and Ray Boykin and wife, Lori both of Bailey; grandchildren, Travis Boykin and wife, Rhonda, Blake Boykin, and Kourtney Whitley; her great-grandchildren, Rhett Boykin, and Thorne Boykin; sister, Judy Lewis and husband, Spencer of Bailey: brother, Daylon Thorne and wife, Hilda of Middlesex, and special friend, Jean Temple. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Boykin; her parents, Rossie and Lillie Mae Thorne, sister, Lorna Boykin, and her brothers, Brooks Thorne, and Bennie Thorne. The family would like to express their gratitude of thanks to the staff at Wilson Pines, and Community Hospice for their time and loving care for their mother. Flowers are welcome or please consider donations in Geraldine’s memory to Stony Hill Baptist Church, 9646 Stoney Hill Church Road, Middlesex, North Carolina 27557. Condolences may be directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home at www.joyners.net.