Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Byrd, Ora Belle Davis April 11, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net April 27, 2007, 10:34 am Mitchell News-Journal 4/25/07 ORA BELLE DAVIS BYRD SPRUCE PINE - Ora Belle Davis Byrd, 93, of the Altapass community, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007. She was the daughter of the late Bob and Alice Johnson Davis, and wife of the late Sam Byrd. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Arlie Davis, and a sister, Ruth Robertson. She was a member of Altapass Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Bobby Byrd of Estatoe, and Charles and Ronnie Byrd, both of the Altapass community; one sister, Catherine Peterson of Erwin, Tenn.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Altapass Baptist Church. The Revs. Steve Sisk and David Wiseman officiated. Burial followed in McKinney Gap Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/b/byrd687gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb