Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He Kawanatanga, i whanau ia i Smallwood, Fairfield County, South Carolina, Mei 16, 1920 hei tama a Boyd raua ko Mary (Tidwell) Brown. He mema ia o te Whare Kawana o South Carolina; he karere ki te Democratic National Convention mai i South Carolina, 1960, 1964,
1968; te kaiwhakahaere tuatahi o te Tari o nga Ratonga Katoa o South Carolina (i tenei wa ko te Poari Whakahaere me te Poari Whakahaere); te perehitini tuarua mo nga mahi a te kawanatanga o Norfolk Southern Corporation (i mua ko te Rerewhenua ki te Tonga); te Kaiwhakahaere Tuatahi Emeritus i te Whare Wananga Hauora o South Carolina. He Kaunihera. I mate ia, whai muri i te mate pukupuku, i Fairfield County, South Carolina, i te Poutu-te-rangi 9, 1998. I tanumia ia ki te urupa o Bethel, Winnsboro, South Carolina. Ko te Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park i Fairfield County i tapaina ki a ia.