Inside Joplin Obituaries

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

(From Midland Cremation Society)

Ruth B. Boyd, age 71, a transportation executive, died Saturday February 8, 2025 at Freeman Hospital in Neosho, MO.

Arrangements are by Midland Cremation Society of Joplin.

Randy: I am a former teacher in the Joplin and Diamond, Missouri, school districts. Before entering the teaching field, I spent 22 years as a reporter and editor for various Southwest Missouri newspapers. I have published three novels, Small Town News, Devil's Messenger, and No Child Left Alive, and seven non-fiction books, The Turner Report, Newspaper Days, Silver Lining in a Funnel Cloud, Greed, Corruption, and the Joplin Tornado, 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Scars from the Tornado and Let Teachers Teach.

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