03/10/2026
Lowe Adlai Boyd, age 90, of Black Mountain, NC passed away on Feb 26, 2026, following a period of declining health. Adlai was born in 1935 in Dunedin, FL, the fourth of eight children (and one of four redheads) in the blustery aftermath of a hurricane that blew the roof off his birthing room. He grew up there, one block from the St. Joseph Sound, where, when not in school, taking care of younger sibs, or working for his train stationmaster father, he spent every possible moment fishing, racing pram sailboats, and generally getting into mischief. He told stories of leaning at 45 degrees over the marina seawall into a hurricane's burly wind; of overnight sailing excursion strandings on white sand isles (making coquina soup to survive!); of moving a local farmer’s outhouse on Halloween —just a few feet back; and of climbing out his window down the jacaranda tree, long past bedtime, to step out into the company of best friends and the freedom of night.
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