December 23, 1958 - October 15, 2023
Darrell James Boykin, 64, of Oliver passed on October 15, 2023, at his residence under care of Ogeechee Area Hospice.
Darrell was born in Ft. Pierce, FL to the late Dan Irvin and Delores Lightsey Boykin. At an early age the family would relocate to Oliver, GA. After high school, he worked for his uncle’s farm for a few years until he began his career as a heavy machinery operator. He spent the first half of his career in construction and then in the chip mill industry. He was a member of the Little Ogeechee Baptist Church and was an avid angler, who enjoyed fishing the Ogeechee. He was preceded in death by the mother of his daughters, Terri Strickland and a nephew, Joey Boykin.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Heather Michelle and Josh Bowles and Amber Nicole and Daniel Burke, both of Sylvania; a son, Daniel Scott Boykin of Oliver, brother and sister-in-law, David and Jackie Boykin of Statesboro; sister and brother-in-law, Carroll and George Wiley of Portal; grandchildren, Christian, Hunter, Brooklyn, Reid, Cyruss, and Reagan; nieces and nephews, Nicole Wiley and Andrew Partain of Covington, and Jamie and Amanda Boykin of Statesboro, and the mother of his son, Diane Rountree.
Visitation will be held at Joiner Anderson Funeral Home Screven Chapel Friday, October 20th, from 5:00 to 7:00pm.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 21st, 2023 at 11:00am in the Screven Chapel of Joiner Anderson Funeral Home with Rev. Rob Lightsey and Pastor Vernon Edenfield officiating.
Interment will be private.
Honorary pallbearers will be Curtis Flowers, Troy McClellan, Jeffrey Hines, and Tim Massey.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital at www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html
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