Obituaries:  Frank Leonard Byrd, Sabine Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 24, 1982
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Frank Leonard Byrd

  Funeral services for Frank Leonard Byrd of Many, were held
Saturday, June 12, at 3 p.m., at Beulah Baptist Church, with Rev.
Kenneth Leach officiating. Interment was at Beulah Cemetery,
under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Byrd died at Fraser Hospital North, at 11:10 a.m., due to an
extended illness. He was 69.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mavis Byrd of Many; five sons,
William Leonard Byrd of Many, Fred Thomas Byrd of Franklin,
Tenn., Ray King of Tyler, Tex., Gerald King of Hawkins, Tex., and
James Nelson of Pittsburgh, Ca.; six daughters, Mary Jane Byrd of
Nashville, Tenn., Betty Marie Selby, and Sue Ellen Weaver, both
of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Barbara Schofield, Catherine Snow, and
Francis Slaughter, all of Many; a brother, Herman Nolan Byrd of
Concord, Ca.; two sisters, Bertha Inez Hutchinson, and Alice
Elishe Carlisle, both of Montgomery, Ala.; 21 grandchildren,
Debbie Gilliam, Joy Gilliam, Marie Gilliam, and Billy Sue Selby,
all of Chattanooga, Tenn., Kally Ray King, and Christie Nelson,
both of Tyler, Tex., Cynthia Byrd, and Michael Byrd, both of
Atlanta, Ga., Fred Byrd III, Bryan Byrd, and Scotty Byrd, all of
Franklin, Tenn., W. B. Snow of Pittsburgh, Ca., Ruth Ann Spero of
Concord, Ca., and Cathy Gregory, Mitzi Snow, Letha Snow, Gary
Slaughter, Kenneth Mullins, William C. Schofield, Ray Snow, and
Phyllis King, all of Many; eight grandchildren, Pamela Gregory,
Dewayne Gregory, Tony Slaughter, and Michelle Slaughter, all of
Many, Michael Spero of Concord, Ca., and Cindy King, Sherrel
King, and Candy King, all of Tyler, Tex.