Berrien-Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Byrd, Elma Wilkerson June 2, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 August 8, 2010, 6:49 pm The Berrien Press - June 11, 2009 Elma Byrd, 91, of Nashville, formerly of Willacoochee, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. She was born on Nov. 23, 1917, in Coffee County to the late Dave and Missouri Tyson Wilkerson. She worked at Allied Department store in Douglas for many years. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Willacoochee and was the widow of William Charles Byrd who died in 1965. She is survived by four sisters, Opel Mancil of Tifton, Annie L. Cloud, Onita Johnson, both of Douglas, Mary Jean Mullis, Middleburg, Fla.; brother, Olin Wilkerson, Nashville; several nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, June 5, 2009, at 11 a.m. in Satilla Memorial Gardens in Coffee County with the Rev. R.T. Castleberry officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday from 7-9 p.m. - Lovein Funeral Home, Nashville, was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/b/byrd1531nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb