James Boyd

JAMES BOYD

Age 55, passed on May 16, 2024

Everyone is invited Thursday May 30, 2024

from 12-2pm for a celebration of James' life. 

JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES BOYD, AKA "JUNKMAN," WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 14, 1968, IN PITTSBURGH, PA TO AT THAT TIME, LORETTA BOYD AND JAMES SMITH. JAMES ATTENDED MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GREENWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL. JAMES BELIEVED IN HARD WORK AND WORKED VARIOUS JOBS OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIMES 2 JOBS AT A TIME.

JAMES LOVED WOMEN AND WAS DEFINITELY A 'LADIES' MAN." HE HAD 4 LOVES IN HIS LIFE THAT HE HAD LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND WHOM HE ALSO CREATED HIS FAMILY WITH: SUSAN, RENEE, LESLIE, AND PHERILEN BOZEMAN BOYD, WHOM HE ACTUALLY MARRIED, BUT LATER DIVORCED. THERE WERE OTHERS THAT HE SUPPOSEDLY FATHERED CHILDREN WITH, BUT THEY ARE UNKNOWN.

SINCE HE WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY, JAMES ENJOYED WORKING OUT AND STAYING FIT. HE ALSO ENJOYED COOKING AND BECAME A CERTIFIED CHEF. JAMES WAS ALSO A VERY TALENTED DANCER. JAMES WAS GIVEN THE NICKNAME, "JUNKMAN" THAT ALL OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS CALLED HIM BY, FROM HIS STEPFATHER,

MICHAEL JONES, WHEN HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY. THAT NICKNAME STUCK WITH HIM HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

JAMES LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER ON MAY 16, 2024 @ UPMC SHADYSIDE HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH, PA.

HE FOUGHT UNTIL THE VERY END. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, HIS MOTHER, LORETTA STOCKTON, AND HIS BIG BROTHER, JAFUS FRANKLIN BOYD JR. JAMES LEAVES TO MOURN: HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER, JAMES SMITH AND STEPFATHER, MICHAEL JONES; SIBLINGS: JEWEL BOYD, SHANA YOUNG, TALANA JONES-CHAPMAN, MICHAEL JONES JR., TORRIANO JONES, TERRENCE, BRE-ANN, CHRISSY, PENCY, CASSANDRA, KELLY, TAMARA, WILLIAM, RUTHIE, AND MARYANN; HIS KNOWN CHILDREN: BRANDON JONAS, SHAVONNA BOYD, RAYSON BROWN, TERRELL BROWN, MARCUS YOUNG, PHERILEN BOYD, IRENE BOYD IPHILL BOYD, CHANEL FRANKLIN, JAMES BOYD JR., BRANDON BALDY, AND TELMAR PALMER; AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS THAT WILL GREATLY MISS HIM.