John L. Boyett

A funeral service to celebrate the life of John L. Boyett will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 2nd at Calvary Chapel, 2115 Line Ave., Shreveport, Louisiana. Food and Fellowship after the service. Officiating the services will be Billy Spalding and James House. The visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until the time of service. Graveside will be held Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Forest Park Cemetery East, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana.

John Leonard Boyett was born February 7th, 1962, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to George Leonard Boyett and Reba Nell Boyett. He entered heaven on January 25th, 2023, just days shy of his 61st birthday, after a lengthy battle with cancer. John Boyett was an active family man survived by his wife of 36 years, Janet Sue Boyett; children Ryan Thomas Boyett, Cory Daniel Boyett, and Amy Elizabeth Boyett; grandchildren Asher James Boyett, Lilah Sage Boyett, Elijah Anderson Boyett, and Leona Roux Boyett; his sister Twyla Rene Willoughby and her husband Thurman; nephews and nieces: Sonny Leone, Jacob Willoughby, Thomas McVicker, Jessica Boyett and Josh Boyett. He is preceded in death by his father, George Leonard Boyett; mother Reba Nell Boyett; brothers Joe Neal Shires, James Matthew Boyett and sister Reba Jo Shires.

He grew up in Shreveport and graduated from Huntington High School where he played tight end for the Huntington Raiders. He worked with his dad as a construction painter throughout his high school years. After the death of his father John went to Houston with his friend, Tom foster, to attend Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast and began his career in the printing trade. It was there that Tom’s mother, a strong Christian woman, wrote John a letter prophesying that “printing would be good for him.” This became realized when he moved back home to Shreveport and met his wife, Janet, at Ridgeways, a local downtown print shop. Eventually, the two of them went on to establish Boyett Printing & Graphics, Inc. on East Kings Hwy., beginning from their house and garage in March 1994.

Together they loved to devote time to their children: taking them camping, sports, scouts, church activities, and fun family vacations all while teaching the fundamentals of life including: how to “work hard and sacrifice,” live within your means, work on a car, cook, and how to be compassionate, well-rounded adults. We all received gifts that will carry us for the rest of our lives.

John was a faithful member of Calvary Chapel in Shreveport where he served in many capacities from hosting home fellowships, cooking for potlucks, and offering his help in construction projects; helping members needing assistance moving and anywhere else he was needed.

Thank you to all who loved him and helped make his life full; to his grandmother, Mammie, who read the bible to him as a youth and instilled deep in his heart the love of the Lord and mostly to His Lord and Savior for being Johns faithful friend. We are looking forward to the day when we shall be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Honoring John as pallbearers will be Cory Boyett, Ryan Boyett, Sonny Leone, Thomas McVicker, Steve Mortimer, and Tom Foster.

 In lieu of flowers please make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.