Washington Co., AR - Obituaries - Myrtle Byrd *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: K L Estes Date: 14 Feb 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Myrtle Byrd, 72, of Fayetteville died Jan. 29 at a Fayetteville hospital. She was born Oct. 30, 1913, in West Fork, the daughter of Nathan Carl and Sarah Ann Fitts Rieff. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of the area. Survivors include her husband, Dane Byrd of the home; two sons, Harold Byrd of Fayetteville and Jarold Byrd of Paramount, Calif.; a daughter, Betty Bennett of Newport Beach, Calif.; a sister, Maybelle Vance of Bakersfield, Calif.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Nelson Furneral Home of Fayetteville with the Rev. Sam Witt officiating. Burial will be in National Cemetery. ----------------------