Paul Kline Parker Boyd, right, who died of cancer nearly a year ago at age 9, poses with his older brother, Austin.
Parker was diagnosed in August 2006 and spent 22 months fighting the disease. In the first seven years of his tragically short life, Parker Boyd did it his way. When the youngster was told by one of his teachers to "empty" his unfinished assignment folder, he simply walked up to the garbage can and poured the contents out.