Obituaries: Mrs. Emmie Byrd, Sabine Parish B-630 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 26, 1998 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Mrs. Emmie Byrd Mrs. Emmie Byrd, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 20, at IHS South in Many. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel, with interment following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ward 2. The Rev. Wilton Anthony, and the Rev. Otis Brannam officiated. Survivors include her husband, Arthur Byrd of Many; six daughters, Mary Lee Palmer, and Mellionee Flores, both of Shreveport, Charlene Owens of St. Paul, Minn., Evelyn Griffin, and Dorothy Langley, both of Many, and Charlotte Kay Barnes of Clinton, Miss.; two sons, R. J. Byrd of Many, and Jerry Byrd of Odessa, Texas; one sister, Eula Self; 19 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends. Warren Meadows, Many, La.