MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Edna Whitson Byrd, 15 Jun 2002 ----¤¤¤---- EDNA WHITSON BYRD BAKERSVILLE – Edna Whitson Byrd, 70, died in Johnson City Medical Center on Saturday, June 15, 2002. She was the daughter of the late Clayton and Dollie Peterson Whitson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Ross Byrd. Survivors include her daughter, Patsy Wilson of Burnsville; sister, Thelma Street of Bakersville; brothers, Lee Whitson of Marion and Lloyd Whitson of Charlotte; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rev Talmadge Brown officiated. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------