Richard Alvie Boykin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Richard Alvie Boykin, age 82, a resident of Loxley, AL passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Mr. Boykin was a proud Navy Veteran. He was a diesel mechanic. Mr. Boykin started his career as a diesel mechanic in the U.S. Navy and furthered skills in trade school after his service. He retired from the Alabama State Docks as a mechanic foreman after 41 years of employment. Mr. Boykin is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Boykin; father, Leroy Boykin; mother, Ruby Boykin; and sister, Linda Smithson. He is survived by his daughter, Melissa Boykin-Spicer and her husband, David, and son, Richard Boykin, Jr. and his fiancé Loretta Presnall, plus three; stepchildren, Keith Echols, Sandi Hilton and her husband Tracey, and Jay Echols; sisters, Barbara Flynn and her husband, Johnny and Sandra Bettner and her husband, Freddie; brother, David Boykin and his wife, Barbara; grandchildren, Hayley Boykin and her fiance, Ryan McDonald, Mark Crawford and his wife, Leslie, Cara Knollenberg and her husband, Donnie, Matthew Crawford, Tanner Hilton, Hayden Hilton and his wife, Julia, and Trenton Echols; and one great grandchild, Ezra Knollenberg. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 27, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at Mack Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Mack Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will be at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort, AL at 12:30 p.m.