Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, Lozzie, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Lozzie Byrd Is Dead af 71 HOLLAND - Lozzie Byrd, 71, of Route 2, Holland, died today at 9:40 a.m. at his home after a long illness. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Carl Dollar, pastor of Holland Christian Church. Burial will be in the family cemetery near Holland. He was a member of the Holland Christian Church and was the son of the late Oliver Byrd and Mrs. Lucy Jane Holland Byrd of Nansemond County. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Holland Byrd of the home, and several nieces and nephews. Lozzie BYRD, farmer, b. 9 Jul 1888, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Feb 1960, at home, near Holland, interred in the HOLLAND family cemetery*, Trumpet Dr., 14 Feb 1960, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 36, Fri., Feb. 12, 1960, p. 3, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #195711879, by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo] *Additional information: Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-11), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt His brother Lonnie m. a sister of Lozzie's widow Clara. They and her parents, E. Smith & Texanna C. (HOLLAND) HOLLAND, are buried there. His parents are also believed to be buried there, unmarked. D.Cert. 5707 (Holy Neck #3) - image posted with Find a Grave Memorial #195711879, by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo]; it gives Lonzie "Bud Lo" Byrd. The obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 28, 1936, p. 3) of his first wife Ola Maie (HOLLAND) BYRD, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630o4ob.txt His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 10, 1987, p. 6A) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630c5ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630l21o.txt