Mr. Charles D. Boykin

December 8, 1940 - July 24, 2018

Memorial services for Mr. Charles D. Boykin, 77, of Carthage, Texas will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dale Reed officiating. Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Charles Douglas Boykin was born December 8, 1940 in Event, Texas. He passed this life July 24, 2018 in his Carthage, Texas home. Charles was the middle child of three born to the marriage of Kermit Lee and Bertha Louise Wendland Boykin. Charles was raised in Event and Pottsville where he graduated with the class of 1959. He would marry Velma Boykin in 1959 and they would raise three children. Mr. Boykin worked throughout his career in the automotive body repair business. He loved hunting, fishing, pool and dominoes, pranks, and aggravating with friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, a son, Charles Douglas Boykin, Jr., daughter, Dena Robinson, granddaughter, Shasta Dulany, sister, Shirley Gordon, and mother of his children, Velma Boykin. Mr. Boykin is survived by his loving daughter, Sharon Hammons and husband Buddy of Carthage, brother, James Boykin of Carthage, son-in-law, Goldman Whitman of Joaquin, grandchildren, Chaunta Milam and husband C.J. of Tatum, Jason Whitman and wife Shelby of Joaquin, great grandchildren, Destiny Wade, and Nicholas Milam, numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. Special thanks, to Josh Boykin, Brian Monroe, Steve Bishop and Lifecare Hospice for the care and support of the family. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com