Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Byrd, William H., 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Byrd Funeral Rites To Be Held Sunday Funeral services for William H. Byrd, who died Friday, will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the Bethlehem Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and Dr. N.G. Newman. Interment will be made in the church cemetery. William Henry BYRD, retired farmer, b. 22 Oct 1851, Nansemond Co., d. 27 May 1938, at home, Nansemond Co., interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 29 May 1938, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 58, Sat., May 28, 1938, p. 8 *Additional information: Her parents & step-mother are also buried there. Bethlehem list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt Photos of his gravestone - added by Libby0716 - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #175506877. D.Cert. 12135 (Holy Neck #151) His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 21, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630t5ob.txt His father James BYRD was a Postmaster of Holy Neck in 1878. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b630w16o.txt