Mariam Norwood Boyd^[1]

1920 - 1993  (73 years)

• Name	Mariam Norwood Boyd
  Born	18 May 1920	Warrenton, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	9 Aug 1993	Duke Medical Center   [2]
  Buried	11 Aug 1993	Fairview Cemetery, Warrenton, North Carolina
  Person ID	I259689	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Norwood Boyd
  Mother	Elizabeth Burwell
  Family ID	F100359	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Wright Tisdale,   d. Bef 22 Jul 2009
  Children	+ 1. Wright Tisdale, Jr.,   b. 30 Aug 1943, New York City, New York ,   d. 22 Jul 2009, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)   2. Norwood Boyd Tisdale
  Family ID	F100350	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Dr. Edward Stewart Orgain
  Family ID	F100360	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 25 Jul 2009. Wright Tisdale Jr. obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Greensboro News & Record (NC), 10 Aug 1993. DURHAM - Mariam Norwood Boyd Orgain of 3321 Devon Road died Monday, August 9, 1993, at Duke Medical Center. She was born on May 18, 1920, in Warrenton, the daughter of William Norwood and Elizabeth Burwell Boyd. She was educated at Peace College, Raleigh and Salem College, Winston-Salem. She was a member of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Warrenton, and St. Stephens Episcopal Church. She was first married to Wright Tisdale and lived for a number of years in New York City and later in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he was vice president and general counsel of Ford Motor Company. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Duke University, serving as its chairman for a number of years. After his death, she married Dr. Edward Stewart Orgain of Durham, professor (emeritus) of Medicine and former chief of the Cardiovascular Service at the Duke University Medical Center. Surviving are husband, Dr. Orgain; sons, Wright Tisdale Jr. of Greensboro, Norwood Boyd Tisdale of Jacksonville, N.C. grandchildren; Trescott Wright Tisdale II, Alexander Holland Tisdale, both of Greensboro, Mariam Spotswood Tisdale, Mary Barden Tisdale, William Norwood Boyd Tisdale, all of Jacksonville, N.C.; sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Thorne of Greensboro, Mrs. Lucy Boyd Meade of Chapel Hill. A brother, Henry Armistead Boyd, preceded her in death many years ago. Funeral will be at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Warrenton, Wednesday at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Memorial service will be at St. Stephens Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Contributions may be made to Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Warrenton or St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Durham. Blaylock Funeral Home, Warrenton, is in charge of arrangements.