Dr. Francis Marion Boyatt's Obituary

Prominent Physician And Citizen Dies Last Saturday. Dr. Francis Marion BOYATT, one of Oneida's leading physicians and leading citizens, died last Saturday night after an illness of many months, the past several of which he has been confined to his bed, after searching for relief in a number of hospitals in this and other states. Dr. BOYATT's friends were numbered by his acquaintances and was a man whose character and moral life was of the highest type. He was one of those men who never made an enemy or spoke ill of his fellow man. At the time of his death he was fifty-two years of age and had spent the greater part of his life in this county. He received his early education in the public schools of Scott county after which he taught school for two years. He then entered medical college and graduated at Louisville, Ky., in 1905, coming back here to his native county to practice his chosen profession. Dr. BOYATT heard the call of his country in two wars, having volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish-American war and again in the late World War he volunteered his services as a physician, serving eighteen months, seven of which were in France. Although he was always active in public affairs and took part in every move that meant for the betterment of his town, community and county he never aspired to but one office; that of member of the Oneida City School board of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows and possibly other fraternal organizations. On April 6, 1906 he was married to Miss Mary Ellen WATTERS and to this union were born seven children, six of whom survive him. His funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the auditorium of the high school in order to accommodate the crowd which crowded the main floor and balcony; services being conducted by Rev. J.F. LYNCH of Byington, Tenn., formerly pastor of the Methodist church here; Rev. T. H. ROARK, pastor of the first Baptist Church and Rev. C.F. LUCAS, pastor of the Methodist church; Supt. A. W. CARROLL of the city schools also making a short talk in which he spoke of his connection with the school and the Masonic lodge. Interment was in the Marcum cemetery in charge of Oneida Lodge F. & A.M. He leaves a widow, six children, two brothers, four sisters, and a large number of relatives and friends. It may well be said, that in the passing of Dr. BOYATT Scott county lost one of its best physicians and a citizen of the highest type. "Dr. Boyatt Succumbs After Long Illness." Scott County News, Fri, 13 Sept 1929, Vol. 14, No. 25, p1.