William Byrd- Graveside funeral services for William Byrd, 68, of Caraway,Ark.Who died Thursday at the VA Hospital in Memphis, will be this afternoon at 2:30 at the Caraway Cemt. Rev. Rick Stevens will officiate. A retired farmer and veteran of WWII , he had lived in Caraway two years, formerly of Luxora. Survivors include a daughter, Myrtle Aline Timms of Marietta,GA.; on son,, Billy Ray Willbanks of Osceola; two sisters, Mrs. Arbana Garza of Caraway and Mrs. Birdie Taylor of Caraway; two brothers, Oliver Byrd of Aberdeen, Miss. Phillip Byrd of Avon Park, Fla; 10 grandchildre and 6great-grandchildren. Gregg Funeral Home in Monette is in charge. (Source: Jonesboro, Ark. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1986) He was Born: 03-23-1918 Died: 12-11-1986 Anyone connected to this family please email me . Susie [email protected]
Susie, I am trying to understand the Scott Co, TN connection for this obit and the one you posted for Riley Byrd. I cannot find either of them in the 1920-1930 census's nor their father, Phillip Byrd. Were they born in Scott Co? ...tim... [email protected] said the following on 12/22/2005 3:31 PM: >William Byrd- Graveside funeral services for William Byrd, 68, of >Caraway,Ark.Who died Thursday at the VA Hospital in Memphis, will be this afternoon at >2:30 at the Caraway Cemt. Rev. Rick Stevens will officiate. A retired farmer >and veteran of WWII , he had lived in Caraway two years, formerly of Luxora. >Survivors include a daughter, Myrtle Aline Timms of Marietta,GA.; on son,, >Billy Ray Willbanks of Osceola; two sisters, Mrs. Arbana Garza of Caraway and >Mrs. Birdie Taylor of Caraway; two brothers, Oliver Byrd of Aberdeen, Miss. >Phillip Byrd of Avon Park, Fla; 10 grandchildre and 6great-grandchildren. Gregg >Funeral Home in Monette is in charge. >(Source: Jonesboro, Ark. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1986) > >He was Born: 03-23-1918 Died: 12-11-1986 > >Anyone connected to this family please email me . >Susie >[email protected] > > >==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== >Rae Davis-Smith, List Administrator [email protected] >http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/ScottCoTnMemories/index.html Scott County Memories > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >