Obit: Frances Louise Fisher Byrd; Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitter: Elaine Nagel
Date: Aug. 2001


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SHREVEPORT, LA - Frances F. Byrd died suddenly on August 17, 1993. she is

survived by her husband of 35 years, Dr. Edwin Henry Byrd J.; a daughter and

son-in-law, Gayla Byrd Hargrove and Kem Hargrove; two sons and one

daughter-in-law, Edwin Henry Byrd, III, and Allison Cummings Byrd, and Brian

Lee Byrd; four Grandchildren, Emma O'Leary Hargrove, Kemerton Dean Hargrove,

Jr., Edwin Henry Byrd, IV, and Samuel Pearce Byrd. Also surviving are her

mother, Ruth Johnson Fisher; one sister, Ruth Ann Weitz; and two brothers,

Kenneth Fisher and Keith Fisher, and by Kelly Deslatte and other loving

friends and family.

Pallbearers will be James E. Ayres, Charles W. Salley, George Hamilton,

Leon Brooks, Donald Massad and Dr. Benjamin Vickers.

Honorary pallbearers are Dr. James R. Bergeron, Dr. Arthur L. Lindsay, Dr.

Hollis T. Rogers, Jr., Dr. Raymond W. Turner and Edwin Carney Horne, Jr.

Visitation will be 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 18, 1993. Funeral

services will be 10 a.m., Thursday August 19, 1993 at Rose-Neath Marshall

Street chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Mark Brister, pastor of Broadmoor

Baptist Church, and assisted by the Very Reverend M.L. Agnew, Jr., rector of

St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. Interment will be at forest Park Cemetery,

st. Vincent Ave., Shreveport, LA.