Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BYRD, CAROLYN September 7, 2016
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News Star World - September 09, 2016
CAROLYN BYRD

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Carolyn Ann Byrd, 77, of West 
Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 10, 2016, in the 
chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA with Rev. Jerry Salisbury 
officiating. Interment will be in Hasley Cemetery.

Mrs. Byrd passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, and went to join her 
husband, Charles who passed away on July 25, 2016, to await the morning of 
the resurrection of all humanity. She was born to the Union of Arlo and Lucy 
Whitlock on October 15, 1938 along with her twin brother, Everett. She was 
raised up in the West Monroe area attending grade school at Lenwil 
Elementary and later graduating high school at West Monroe High. During her 
high school years, she met and fell in love with Charles her husband to be, 
the love of her life. They were married on May 16, 1956 at her parents' home 
in West Monroe, LA. They later had three sons, Charles Junior, Louis Ray, 
and Phillip Lowell Byrd.

Carolyn began her working career at Central Bank in West Monroe and soon 
left there to work with Merrill Lynch in Monroe, retiring after more than 
thirty plus years with them. During this time she and her husband Charles 
had a place on Antique Alley in West Monroe, buying and selling antiques, 
which she was an expert in and their home was furnished with such.

Carolyn was always a busy person, seeing to the needs of her family and 
others as well. She loved to cook for the various events that took place at 
her home and other places. You could never come by her house without there 
being something in the pot ready to eat and quite delicious. She was also a 
very talented organizer and decorator always willing to lend a hand at the 
many showers, receptions and especially in directing weddings.

Carolyn liked to be outside working in her yard caring for all the flowers 
and shrubs that were there. She was also a hunter and fisherwoman and 
enjoyed being with her family on various outings at the lake, or the hunting 
camp.

She was a devoted wife, caring mother and loving grandmother who will be 
greatly missed by her family and many relatives and friends she had.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her parents, Arlo and Lucy Whitlock, and her 
husband of 60 years, Charles Byrd.

Survivors include her three sons, Charles Byrd, Jr. and wife, Julie, and 
their four children, Amity, Kelsey, Christina, and Noah; Louis Ray Byrd and 
wife, Marlene, and their two children, Rachel and Louis; Philip Byrd and his 
three children, Jennifer, Shannon and David. She also leaves behind five 
great granddaughters; one great grandson; and her twin brother, Everett Arlo 
Whitlock of West Monroe.

Pallbearers will be Louis Byrd, Jr., David Allen Byrd, Noah Arlo Byrd, Chris 
Keiffer, Clyde Bass, and Donnie Byars

Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday at Mulhearn Funeral 
Home West Monroe.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA 

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