Karen Shields

Gail (Townsend) Tompson of San Antonio, Texas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gail (Townsend) Tompson.

Carly was raised in the Memphis, TN area and graduated from Houston High School. She attended University of Memphis, Texas State University and received her masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling while attending virtually with Texas Tech University. She married Keegan Sutton in September of 2021.

Craig had many friends, was a member of the Lutheran Church and was employed by the Internal Revenue Service. He currently works for the State of Texas Comptroller Office.

Calvin served in the Army and retired as a Colonel.

Fay Boyles was an active member and a leader at the YWCA in Lubbock, TX.

Eugene Guy Boyles was born on November 17, 1915. He was in a relationship with Willie Fay (Roark) Boyles, and had children Calvin Eugene Boyles, Howard C. Boyles, and Karen D. (Boyles) Shields. Eugene Boyles died at age 62 years old on July 3, 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eugene Guy Boyles.

Karen was born Oct. 23, 1953 in Ft Worth, TX. Her father is Eugene Guy Boyles and mother is Willie Fay Roark Boyles. Karen was just a few months old when she, her parents, and her two brothers, Calvin Eugene Boyles and Howard Carey Boyles moved to Lubbock, Texas. Karen attended Overton Elementary, Wilson Jr High and Coronado High school. She graduated high school in May of 1972. At age 19, she married John Lein who was an Air Force Airman and moved to Hawaii. They stayed there until June of 1975 when her husband, John ended his military career. They moved back to Texas and eventually ended up in Round Rock, Texas. She and John divorced in 1977 and in 1979, she married Richard Rodriquez. She and Richard had two children, Richard (Richie) and April Dawn. In 1986, she and Richard divorced and later, she married James Lang and moved to Austin. In 1992, she and James divorced. Karen was employed by the Internal Revenue Service and in 1992, she was transferred from Austin to Memphis, TN. Her youngest daughter, Carly D’Anne was born in 1993, and Karen married Carly’s father, Craig Shields in 1995. After working for 28 years for the Internal Revenue Service, Karen retired and eventually moved back to the Austin, TX area in 2013 where she currently resides in Kyle, TX.

Howard C Boyles of TX was born circa March 1, 1946 in Denton, Denton County to Eugene Guy Boyles and Willie Fay (Roark) Boyles. He has siblings Karen D. (Boyles) Shields and Calvin Eugene Boyles. Howard Boyles married Diane (Beasley) Boyles on August 25, 2001 in 212 County, TX.