Eula Lee Boyd Dubose

Eula Lee Boyd DuBose of Lake Wales, Florida, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in St. Cloud, Florida.  She was 88 years old.

She was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, to James Rufus Boyd and Virginia Ethel Hoover Boyd on October 9, 1937.  Eula graduated from the Mt. Zion Institute in Winnsboro in 1955. Following graduation, she moved to Columbia, South Carolina where she met Johnny Euell DuBose, who was serving in the United States Army and stationed there at Fort Jackson.  On May 2, 1959, Eula and Johnny were married and moved to Polk County, Florida.  They remained married for almost 63 years until Johnny’s death in 2021, and Eula lived continuously in the Central Florida area the rest of her life, mostly in Lakeland, Merritt Island, Kissimmee, and in the Lake Wales area.  During her life, she spent most of her time caring for her family as a homemaker, and she also enjoyed cooking and traveling.  Eula also was an excellent secretary, employed earlier in her married life at Lakeland Ford and Florida Southern College, both in Lakeland, and Findley Industries and Hunt Brothers Citrus Cooperative, both in Lake Wales.  

Eula was a faithful member of Churches of Christ in Kissimmee and Frostproof.  In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Laura Myrel Boyd Traylor, and her brother, James Carroll Boyd.  Eula is survived by her three sons, Johnny Jr., Thomas (Lisa), and Stephen (Jill); five grandchildren, Bethany (Josh) Schmucker, Bailey, Jack, Wyatt, and Blake; and one great-grandson, John Freeman Schmucker.  She also had many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Family and friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Life on Friday, October 24, at the Frostproof Church of Christ.  Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., with services following at 11:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Silver Hill Cemetery in Frostproof.