ROBERT ELIJAH (Bob) BOYETT was born November 05, 1893 in Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died May 01, 1926 in Alexandra,La(Rapides parish). At 10:30 AM. He married MARIE LOUISE LUSSAN May 31, 1919 in St. Bernard Parish, daughter of EUGENE DeLUSSAN and EVALINA ACOSTA. She was born February 05, 1889 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and died October 18, 1985 in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Children of ROBERT BOYETT and MARIE LUSSAN are:
i.JAMES ROBERT BOYETT, b. December 06, 1921, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana. d September 28 2008, Monroe,Louisiana.
ii. DALE WILLIAM BOYETT, b. June 20, 1924, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana.


Obit: Robert Eli Boyett, 1926, Winn Parish, LA
Robert Elijah (Bob) Boyett a well known and respected Deputy sheriff of
Winn parish was killed in the early morning of May 1, 1926.
John Rayburn a paroled convict from Leavenworth,Kansas shot and killed
officer Boyett during a routine questioning at a boarding house on the
corner of N Grove St and Broad St. He was rushed to an Alexandria where he
died shortly after arrival at 10:45 Saturday morning.
Bob Boyett was only 33 years old.
The youngest child of John William and Cynthia James Boyett, Bob was born
November 5, 1893 in Winn Parish where he lived all his life.
Survived by his wife Mae Louise (DeLussan ) Boyett, age 37 of New Orleans,
La. Two sons James Robert age 4 and Dale William age 2 of Winnfield.
Four brothers Jasper,Albert,Wesley,and Horace Boyett all of
Winnfield. Four sisters Rhoda Moore of Georgia, Minervia McKaskell of
Winnfield, Emma Sanders of Arkansas,Martha Sanders of Winnfield.
Services will be at the First Baptist Church in Winnfield. Officer Boyett
will be laid to rest in the Winnfield city cemetery.
"A man of Bob Boyett's caliber can not be replaced and the community can
best honor him by doing those things and perpetuating the principals for which
he lived and died, and it is our duty to see that he did not die in vain."

Written by a writer and friend for The Winnfield News-American May 7, 1926:

This writer has just recieved a telegram from Alvin Hahn advising me on the death of not only a man who was
unquestionably a 'valuable citizen of Winn Parish,but one of the best criminal officers this writer has ever known---Bob Boyett.
It was my good fortune to know Bob" Boyett as intimately perhaps more than any other man in his home parish,
and I know of no man worthy of being held in higher esteem.He was that rare type of officer absolutely fearless,
and conscientious to a fault in the discharge of his duty,but still without arrogant disposition to constantly take advantage
of his authority to browbeat and impose on persons unfortunate enough to become entangled in the meshes of the law;
an officer that never vacillated from the path of duty,but in holding to the path did so with kindness and consideration.
HE HAD A HEART AS BiG AS HIS WAIST LINE.
He was scrupulously honest,and he was one of the not too great number found today absolutely loyal and devoted to their families.I have been associated with him in fraternal organizations,in politics,and in American Legion work,and in all of these activities he was guided by a conscientiousness and sense of fairness that lifted him above the plane of the average individual.There can be no doubt that Winn Parish has indeed lost one of it's most valuable citizens,and the law has lost one of its most faithful guardians.