Boyd Eugene Reece was born January 18, 1926 in Arkansas to William Roy Sr. & Vrginia Lee Parks Reece. (I have no source for the birth place of Boyd other than on a couple of family trees that say it was in Paris, Logan Co., Ar. The parents were in South Fort Smith on the 1920 & 30 census.) June 26, 1943 Boyd married Mary Pickford Glass from Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Ar. There is a certificate of divorce at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. dated September 14, 1943. Another record has a certificate that says the marriage was annulled as one of the parties was a Minor. Boyd's second wife was Wilma Deen Stanfill. They married September 8, 1945 and divorced Deember 20, 1967. Boyd's third wife was Mrs. Virginia Lee Parks, maiden name Brannon. They married June 22, 1968 in Pulaski Co., Ar. There is no further information available to see if the marriage ended. Boyd registered for the military draft at the court house in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. on January 18, 1944. He enlisted in the US Navy February 18, 1944. A muster record from September 1, 1944 show his rank as S2c, Seaman 2nd Class. March 31, 1946 a muster record finds him serving on the USS General William Mitchell (AP-114). Wikipedia says: "USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The ship was part of the Magic Carpet fleet, the ship carried sailors from San Francisco to the Philippines, returning servicemen from Hollandia to Seattle, and troops from the Philippines and Guam to San Francisco, through the spring of 1946." Boyd's discharge from the Navy was May 11, 1946 with the rank of S1c (SC) Boyd Eugene Reece passed away August 11, 1979 and is buried in the Fort Smith National Cemetery at Ft. Smith.