Obituary: Richard Brown Byrd, June 20, 1969

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
July 2015
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The Bronte Enterprise, Coke County, June 27, 1969

Services Held for Richard B. Byrd

Funeral services were held Monday in the Wayside community in Armstrong 
County for Richard Brown Byrd, 66, who died June 20 in a Sacramento, 
California hospital after a long illness of lung cancer.  Services were 
conducted by the Rev. Roland Moore, Wayside Baptist pastor.

Mr. Byrd was born Aug. 24, 1902 in Robert Lee.  He was the son of the 
late Wylie G. and Eva Wrice Nunn Byrd.  He married Euphemia Luzetty LaGrone  
on June 5, 1921 in Bronte.  

A member of the Baptist Church, Mr. Byrd was a retired farmer and rancher.                                                                                                                                Since 1924 the family had lived at Wayside, Silverton, New Mexico and 
California.

Survivors include his wife of Sacramento; five daughters; Mrs. John Morgan 
of Pomona, Calif., Mrs. John F. Toles of Happy, Mrs. Corless of 
Bennington, Okla., Mrs. Norman Lee and Mrs. Bob Voight, both of Sacramento; 
one brother, J. W. Byrd of Happy; three sisters; Mrs. J. W. McCracken of 
Amarillo, Mrs. Lila Cope of Tulia and Mrs. Jack Dixon of Bronte; 
17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

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