- November 16, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
Brenda Tucker Boyd is stepping down from her position as a Trustee of the Florida Agricultural Museum board after 17 years of service. Her last day serving will be at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 18.
Boyd is the daughter of the celebrated Florida cattleman and Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductee Raymon Tucker. Raymon and his brother, Gilbert, established the Haw Creek Ranch near Bunnell in 1933. Boyd grew up on the Haw Creek Ranch along with her five sisters. The family has remained active in the ranching business in Florida, as well as in Utah and Oklahoma. Four of Brenda's five children continued in the family's ranching tradition.
Tucker and the late Commissioner of Agriculture, Doyle Conner, were instrumental in re-locating the Florida Agricultural Museum from Tallahassee to Flagler County in 1997. Tucker served on the museum's Board of Trustees from 1983 until 1998. Boyd was invited to serve as a museum Trustee after her father's passing and has filled that position since 1998.
"Serving on the board of the Florida Agricultural Museum has been a very rewarding experience for me,” Boyd reflected. "It allowed me to carry on the dream of Doyle Conner and my dad to share Florida's agricultural legacy with a wider public. I have enjoyed associating with good people who have the museum's interests at heart and have all made great efforts to make the museum a reality. I feel the Board members are making great progress towards making the Florida Agricultural Museum an outstanding educational destination. The museum contributes to our community by showing tangible evidence of Florida's agricultural history."
Michael Kenney, chairman of the museum board said, "We are grateful for Mrs. Boyd's long years of service to the Florida Agricultural Museum. We will miss her many contributions to the museum and our meetings."
