Obituaries:  Elton Byrd, Sabine, Vernon Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 2, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Elton Byrd

  Funeral services for Elton Byrd of Hornbeck, were held in Hixson
Funeral Home of Leesville on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 2 p.m. Burial
was in the Clear Water Cemetery of Florien. Officiating were the
Rev. C. H. Welch, and the Rev. Roy Dowden.

  Mr. Byrd died Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 8:15 a.m., in the Veteran's
Hospital of Shreveport. He was 52.

  A veteran of World War II, Mr. Byrd was an employee of the La.
Dept. of Highways. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Paul
Byrd of Hornbeck; two daughters, Kayla Strickland of Anacoco, and
Miss Karen Byrd of Hornbeck; one brother, Melton Byrd of Florien;
and four sisters, Mrs. Louie Briggs of Pineville, Mrs. Sally
Young, and Mrs. Nellie Craft, both of Alexandria, and Mrs.
Margaret Killian of Leesville.