Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BYRD, CHARLES DALE July 25, 2016
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News Star World - July 28, 2016
CHARLES DALE BYRD

Charles Dale Byrd was born on March 16, 1935 to the union of James C. and Zera 
A. Byrd, their first born child. He passed peacefully from this world at 
Glenwood Hospital on July 25, 2016 at the age of eighty-one years old with all 
his sons around him. Charles suffered a massive stroke some ten days prior to 
his death, which he was unable to recover from.

He attended grammar school at Ward Five School in Caldwell Parish, then 
attended lower grades in high school at Grayson High School, and then 
transferred to Ouachita High School from which he graduated. During the last 
two years of high school, he worked for Morgan & Lindsey in the Distributive 
Education program of the school. At the age of 18, he began working for Brown 
Paper Mill as a box designer, and then went on into the administrative 
management department when Olin bought out Brown Containers. He retired from 
Olin and then went on to work as plant manager for Georgia Pacific who took 
over Olin, from which he also retired. During this time, he spent a year in San 
Palo, Brazil setting up a converter plant there. He then took over the 
management of Bocks Board Packaging in Monroe, finally retiring from there. He 
spent his remaining days, some eight years or so, taking care of the love of 
his life, his wife Carolyn, when she became disabled whom he was married to for 
some 60 years.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carolyn Byrd; his three sons: Charles Byrd, 
Jr. of West Monroe and his four children, Amity, Kelsey, Christina and Noah; 
Louis Ray Byrd and wife Marlene and their two children, Rachel and Louis; 
Philip Byrd of West Monroe and his three children, Jennifer, Shannon and David; 
he also leaves behind a sister, Dwana "Dee" Owens of Dallas, TX; two brothers, 
Richard Byrd and wife Brenda of West Monroe and Gerald Byrd and wife Janis of 
West Monroe; nine grandchildren; six great grandchildren; along with many 
nieces and nephews who thought he was the greatest uncle of all. And we can't 
forget little dog Maria, his constant canine companion around the house.

He was a loving father and husband, always putting the needs of his family and 
friends ahead of his own needs. He was a man who would work tirelessly at the 
many things that he loved to do and never complained. His absence will for many 
years be felt as a great void to all those that knew and loved him. He truly 
knew what the American dream was all about, having come from a very humble 
beginning to a man of great means.

Funeral Services will be in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, 
LA at 11:00 A.M., Friday, July 29, 2016 with Rev. Jerry Salisbury and Gary 
Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA. 
Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Thursday, July 28, 2016 
at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.

Pallbearers will be Lewis Byrd, Jr., David Allen Byrd, Noah Arlo Byrd, Chris 
Kieffer, Clyde Bass and Chad Olsen.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA 

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