Cloyd Boyer

(From Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home)

Mr. Cloyd Victor Boyer, 94, of Alba, Missouri, departed this life on Monday evening, September 20, 2021, at St. Luke’s Care Center in Carthage, Missouri.

Cloyd entered this life on September 1, 1927, in rural Jasper County in the community of Cossville, one of fourteen children born to the late Chester Vern and Mable Agnus (Means) Boyer. He was raised near Alba, Missouri and was a 1945, graduate of Alba High School. 

His professional baseball career started in the summer of 1945, when he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher. In the fall of 1945, he enlisted in the United States Navy. After his honorable discharge, he returned home and rejoined the Cardinals. 

On November 17, 1948, he was united in marriage to Nadine Witherspoon and to this union five children were born. 

Cloyd’s baseball career endured nearly five decades. His club affiliations included the Cardinals, Kansas City Athletics, Yankees, Braves, Toronto and the Royals. He retired at age 65 in 1992, from the Braves organization. He enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, cutting wood and refereeing high school basketball. He was a member of the Alba Christian Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two children, Teresa and Mike Boyer; five brothers, Wayne, Kenton, Clete, Lynn and Lennie; and two sisters, Lela Boyer and Juanita Woodmansee.

Cloyd is survived by his wife of seventy-two years, Nadine Boyer of the home; three children, Ken Boyer and wife, Brenda, of Webb City, Cheryl Boyer of Alba and Jim Boyer and wife, Teresa, of Webb City; ten grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; a brother, Ronnie Boyer of Webb City; five sisters, Deloris Webb of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Pansy Schell of Alba, Shirley Lockhart of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Bobbi McNary of Joplin and Marcy Layton of Oronogo; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends.

Funeral services are 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 24, 2021 at Alba Christian Church with Pastor Roger Hasselquist and Gary Garrett officiating. Burial will follow at Friends Cemetery in Purcell, Missouri. Those honoring his life by serving as pallbearers are Galen Miksell, Jerrod Miksell, Corey Miksell, Justin Miksell, Brett Boyer and Jay Boyer. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 5-7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City. Memorials are being directed to the Alba Christian Church c/o the funeral home. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, Missouri.