Obituaries:  Rufus A. Byrd, Sabine Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 5, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rufus A. Byrd

  Services for Rufus A. Byrd, 57, of Marina, Tex., were held
Monday, July 19, at 11 a.m., at Seaside Mortuary, with a U.S.
Army chaplain from Fort Ord officiating. Burial was at Mission
Memorial Park in Seaside, with full military honors.

  Mr. Byrd, a resident of the Monterey Peninsula for the past 20
years, died Tuesday, July 13, at Brook Army Medical Center, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, after a short illness. He became ill while
vacationing in Louisiana, and was taken to the army hospital.

  Mr. Byrd had lived in Marina for about a year after residing in
Seaside for 19 previous years.

  He was born in Florien, La., on April 25, 1919.

  Mr. Byrd was a retired 23 year veteran of the U.S. Army, serving
during both World War II, and the Korean War. He was also a
retired cook, who had worked 11 years in civil service employment
at Fort Ord.

  Mr. Byrd was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8679 in
Seaside.

  He is survived by his widow, Chizue (Betty) Byrd of Marina;
sons, Johnny Byrd of Salinas, Larry Byrd of Marina, and Tony Byrd
of Pacific Grove; daughter, Judy Byrd of Pacific Grove; sisters,
Jenny Schmith, Becky Voges, Ruby Self, and Pauline Nelms, all of
Hornbeck, La.; brothers, Arthur Byrd, and Clarence Byrd, both of
Florien, La.; and two grandchildren.