Background
Boyd, Joseph Arthur was born on November 16, 1916 in Hoschton, Georgia, United States. Son of Joseph Arthur and Esther Estelle (Puckett) Boyd.
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Joseph Arthur Boyd
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Student, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, 1936-1938; Doctor of Laws, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, 1963; student, Mercer U., Macon, Georgia, 1938-1939; Juris Doctor, U. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1948; Doctor of Laws, Western State University College Law, San Diego, 1981.
Career
Practice law, Hialeah, 1948-1968; city attorney, Hialeah, 1951-1958; member, Dade County Commission, Miami, Florida, 1958-1968; chairman, Dade County Commission, 1963; vice mayor, Dade County, 1967; justice, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee, 1969-1987; chief justice, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee, 1984-1986; associate, Boyd Lindsey & Branch P.A., Tallahassee, since 1987. Member Hialeah Zoning Board, 1946-1948. Juror Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1971, 73.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Baptist Hospital, Miami, 1962-1966, Miami Council Churches, 1960-1964. Emeritus trustee Piedmont College. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Hialeah-Miami Springs Bar Association (president 1955), Tallahassee Bar Association, Hialeah-Miami Springs Colorodo of C. (president 1956), American Legion (commander Florida 1953-1954), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Shriners, Masons (33 degree), Lions, Elks, Wig and Robe, Iron Arrow, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Kappa Psi.
Connections
Married Ann Stripling, June 6, 1938. Children: Joanne Louise Boyd Goldman, Betty Jean Boyd Jala, Joseph Robert, James Daniel, Jane N. Ohlin.
