Veteran Atlanta-area dealer Boyd retires

Feb. 2, 2001

George R. Boyd Jr., longtime owner of George Boyd & Sons Tire Co. in East Point, Ga., has retired.

Prior to opening George Boyd & Sons in 1966, he had worked with his father, George R. Boyd Sr., at Gordy Tire Co. in Atlanta.

George Boyd & Sons will continue under the leadership of sons George R. Boyd III and W. Hudson Boyd.