Former Trotwood City Council member dies

A memorial service will be held this weekend for former Trotwood City Councilman and educator Paul E. Boykin, who died Wednesday, according to his online obituary on the Thomas Funeral Home website.

Boykin was 80 years old and died at Hospice of Dayton. Share your condolences.

He served on the Trotwood City Council from 1994 to 1999, according to city records.

Trotwood Mayor Joyce Sutton Cameron said Boykin was an advisor in her political career.

“Mr. Boykin represented the people of Trotwood through his commitment to the pursuit of excellence in all city services,” said Cameron as she read a proclamation that the city will be giving to Boykin’s family. “Mr. Boykins was a well-known and influential community and civic leader and a dedicated public servant.”

“He was one of the many advocates for the city-township merger in 1995,” said Trotwood City Councilman Bruce Kettelle. “He was humbled at the experience of serving Trotwood citizens and was a cornerstone of his Broadmoor neighborhood. He had unending enthusiasm for everything Trotwood.”

“Paul was the epitome of a public servant who cared about his community and the people he served,” said Interim City Manager Quincy Pope. “He loved Trotwood.”

“I worked with him when I was in the state house and knew his family,” said former Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin. “Paul never met a stranger and was not shy about his opinions.” She added that he was the type of person who you could get along with even if you disagreed with him about something.

Trotwood City Councilwoman Barbara Staggs described Boykin as being dedicated to his community.

“He was a outspoken person and you know where he stood on things, but he also would listen and see all sides,” Staggs said. “He will not only be missed but he will not be forgotten by anyone that knew him.”

He graduated in 1953 from Woodrow Wilson High School and received a football scholarship to Miami University in Oxford.

Boykin also a former Dayton Public Schools teacher and retired in 1988 from the Ohio Education Association.

Boykin was featured in a 2009 Dayton Daily News article about a local play about those who lived in the old Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home in Xenia. He was among nine in a family of 21 children who ended up at the home, which was later named the Ohio Veterans Children’s Home.

The memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Love Christian Church, 2345 Lakeview Ave.

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