In Loving Memory of:
Forrest J. Boyd
July 18, 1921 - January 5, 2002
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith...2 Timothy 4:7
It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Forrest Boyd was
taken home to be with the Lord .
Forrest Boyd, God's servant, died Saturday morning at the University of
Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD, of complications from a massive heart
attack. He had been hospitalized a week earlier after suffering a mild heart
attack. He was 80 years old.
Forrest served the Lord as executive news director for United News &
Information, which he helped establish, until his final day, leaving a
hallmark of achievements and services on news and broadcast journalism. UNI
director Del Branham said, "We at UNI News greatly appreciated Forrest's
invaluable contributions to this ministry, and to the industry at large. His
service to the Lord was an inspiration to many, and we will miss our brother,
and his leadership, deeply, as we continue the work that was so close to his
heart."
Forrest was one of the most respected correspondents in the Christian
community. With over 50 years of experience in broadcast journalism, Mr. Boyd
had served as one of the most senior members of the White House Press Corps,
and was the founder of International Media Service (IMS), Washington, D.C. He
was the host of "Focus on Issues," and "Another View of the News," over the
UNI News-affiliated networks and stations. Through his extensive career, he
has reported for the Mutual Broadcast Network, United Press International,
and Standard News Service, to name a few, as well as authored several
syndicated newspaper columns and books. He has been honored for his unique
journalistic endeavors by many groups and organizations including the
National Religious Broadcasters. He has always been highly regarded in the
halls of Capitol Hill and the White House, by presidents and lawmakers, for
his responsible reporting.
Although his death was sudden and unexpected, we believe that our Lord
intends UNI to continue to move forward, with the work that Forrest helped
start, upholding the same level of integrity and excellence in all of our
endeavors to serve you, as we serve our Lord together!
He is survived by his wife Gloria, daughter JoAnne Pierson and her husband
Jay and 2 children; daughter Linda Leizer and her husband Frank and 2
children; and son Richard Boyd and his wife Amy and 2 children; and
step-children Mike and Marleah
Dersham and 6 children, Keith and Kathy Namy and 3 children, Karen Namy, Beth
and Major Brian Riggs and 3 children, and Karl Namy.
Your prayers of encouragement and support would be welcomed, for Forrest's
family and for our staff, as we mourn his loss together. We also invite you
to praise and thank the Lord with us for Forrest's exemplary life of service
and that he was blessed to be able to serve until the Lord called him home!
He will be deeply missed by us all, as we are reminded of the words from
Matthew 25:21:
Well done, thou good and faithful servant... enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord...