Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, Hersey O., 1950 

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Hurcy [sic; Hersey] Byrd Buried Friday 

  Funeral services for Hurcy Ovid Byrd, who died Wednesday morning at his home 
near Lake Prince, were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the R.W. Baker Company 
Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 

  Mills Luter sang as a solo, "Sunrise," and a duet, "Beyond the Sunset," was 
sung by Mrs. Richard Solomon and Miss Mildred Johnson.  Mrs. W.F. Whitley 
accompanied at the piano.  Mr. Brittle read the poem "Crossing the Bar." 

  The pall was of red roses and white chrysanthemums.  Pallbearers were D.A. 
Gwaltney, Lafayette Gwaltney, Morrison Pope, Earl Johnson, Leroy Atkins and 
Joe M. Byrd, Jr. 

  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.  Interment was in Bethlehem 
church cemetery. 


Hersey Ovid BYRD, farmer, 
b. 12 Feb 1888, Nansemond Co., d. 29 Nov 1950, at home, near Lake Prince, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 1 Dec 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 206, Sun., Dec. 3, 1950, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Bethlehem list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Libby0716 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #178444814. 

His parents, Joseph Henry & "Dallie" Mary Elexina (PIERCE) BYRD, 
   are buried there in Lot 83. 

D.Cert. 25976 (Chuckatuck #334) gives Hurcy, son of Joseph M. 

His widow, Elsie Reva (UZZELL) BYRD 2m. Harry Eugene CORBETT (1891 - 1965) 
   23 Jan 1954, but they div., & she is buried with Hersey. 
   Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 8, 1970, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630e10o.txt 


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