Lena Jo Boydston

Obituary For Lena Jo Boydston

Lena Jo (Scruggs) Boydston, 88 of Plano, Texas, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 18th, 2024, with her family by her side.

Funeral services will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Janaury 21st, at Southside Baptist Church in Bowie, TX, with Dr. Tony Rogers officiating.

Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie, with Shane Boydston, Billy Jack Boydston, Jordan Lindsey, Casey Bowman, Fischer Blagg, Ethan Poorman, and Gavin Boydston serving as pallbearers.

Family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 20th, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, TX.

Lena was born on October 19, 1935 in Hardeman County to J.P. and Jewell (Rogers) Scruggs. On August 15, 1954 Lena married Jack Boydston at Southside Baptist Church in Bowie, TX. Lena worked both inside and outside the home over the course of her career. She worked at Haggar in Bowie, TX, Briarcroft Savings & Loan in Lubbock, TX, and the Dallas County Appraisal District in Garland, TX.

Lena was a master seamstress and quilter in her spare time. She loved making beautiful clothes and quilts for her children and grandchildren. Lena enjoyed spending time in the mountains of Colorado with her husband Jack every chance they had, and their retirement summers were filled with rounding up as many grandkids that she could get to head off for camping adventures. Lena was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother that will be missed by so many.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Jack Boydston, her parents, JP and Jewell Scruggs, brothers JW Scruggs, JH Scruggs, Monroe Scruggs, and Phillip Scruggs, son-in-law Jay Lindsey, and grandson Brandon Smith.

Lena is survived by her 2 sons, Mike Boydston and wife Sandy and Ricky Boydston and wife Terri; 4 daughters, Janet Lindsey, Carole Kildiff, Denise Coward and husband Skip, and Kristi Blagg; 18 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren; brother James Scruggs and wife Joan, sister Louise (Scruggs) Jones and husband LeeWayne, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.