Boyd Pierce Cockrill, age 76, of Allen, Texas, passed away March 15, 2018. Boyd was born December 31, 1941, in Redden, Oklahoma, to Clive Baker “C. B.” and Thelma Lou (Pierce) Cockrill. He married Pat Skinner on May 19, 1962, in Durant, Oklahoma. Boyd grew up in Durant where he graduated from Durant High School in 1960. He attended Southeastern State College in Durant. Boyd was employed with Texas Instruments for eighteen years. The remainder of his life he was an entrepreneur and started a company called AEF Plating. Boyd also owned and operated various businesses through the years. He was a member of Waterview Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Pat Cockrill of Allen, Texas; son, Casey Cockrill and wife, Rachel of Frisco, Texas; grandchildren, Fiona Cockrill and Alexander Cockrill; sister, June Rosetti and husband, George of Allen, Texas; several nieces and nephews on both sides of the family; and a host of other loving family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Charles Cockrill and Jack Cockrill.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Waterview Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Monday evening at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen.