Richard Kinsey Boney
1858 – 1937
From Tallulah Madison Journal RICHARD KINSEY BONEY Richard K. Boney, aged seventy-eight years, died at his home in Tallulah on the afternoon of Monday, February 22, 1937, as the result of a paralytic stroke. He was born on October 19, 1859, on the "Bankwood" Plantation in Madison Parish, and was the oldest born son of this parish. He was married to Mrs. Rena Cox Boney, who survives him, together with their son, O. H. Boney of Venezuela, and their daughters, Mrs. David E. Holt of Texarkana, and Mrs. W. P. Sevier, Jr., of Tallulah and several grandchildren. He had engaged in planting for many years on his "Duckport" Plantation, and in recent years had moved to Tallulah, where he again took up the practice of law. He was a member of the Madison Parish Bar Association, the State Bar Association; he had been Secretary of the Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, and for many years was Secretary of the Madison National Farm Loan Association. He had been a member of the Madison Parish School Board and was an active member of the Episcopal Church. He was a Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and he held the office of Worthy Patron in the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was careful, painstaking, conscientious and fearless, and at all times stood and fought for what he believed to be the best interests of Louisiana and of Madison Parish. He always earnestly labored for the advancement and upbuilding of his native state and parish. The many positions of trust conferred upon him and the numerous bars given him by his people were evidences of his personal popularity and show the high esteem and respect in which he was held by his people. He lived a long and useful life, and despite his advanced age, he was still engaged in active work when the dread messenger came. He will be missed by us. He has passed away, but he is not forgotten, and he has left behind him in the hearts of our people the memory of earnest deeds well done. "There is no death; we fall asleep To remain where they never weep; We close our eyes on pain and sin; Our breath ebbs out but life flows in."
