Obituaries: Jessie Byrd, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish B-630 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 31, 1978 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Jessie Byrd Jessie Byrd, 86, of Vowells Mill, died Aug. 26, at 2:05 a.m., after a short illness. Funeral services were held Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m., in the Cedron Baptist Church, with the Rev. Luther Despino officiating. Burial was in the Cedron Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many. Surviving relatives are two sons, Herman Byrd of Columbia, La., and Huey P. Byrd of Hughes Spring, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Clara V. Rhodes of Gatesville, Tex., Mrs. Doris Bynog of Shreveport, Mrs. Glenda Gale Tennison of Beaumont, Tex., and Mrs. Clovis Whitehead of Natchitoches; one brother, George Byrd of Vowells Mill; 23 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.