LENOIR COUNTY, NC - Obituary - J. M. Byrd (no date) ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carol Pridgen Martoccia Feb 1999 ======================================================================== Copy of obituaries found at Heritage Place, Lenoir County Community College, Kinston, North Carolina - Vertical File #08429-2 We thank the staff at LCC for their permission to copy selected documents from their files to place on the internet. It is requested that researchers give appropriate credit when using these documents. Permission to combine said documents together in printed form is not given. Raleigh Man Dies of Paralysis Stroke Mr. J. M. Byrd died yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock following a stroke of paralysis, at his home on 604 S. Person Street. He was stricken Wednesday after noon and never rallied. Mr. Byrd was in his sixty-seventh year. Besides his wife, his companion for 52 years, he is survived by one son, Mr. T.M. Byrd of this city, and three daughter, Mrs. Roy Creel, also of this city; Mrs. James Hazzard, of Kinston and Mrs. S.W. Scarboro of Fayetteville. All except Mrs Hazzard were with him when the end came. Mr. Byrd was born and raised in Lenoir County, but had made his home in Raleigh for ten years. He had made many friends here. The remains will be taken this morning to Kinston, where the interment will take place.