Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, Alfred, 1941 

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ALFRED BYRD

   Alfred Byrd, aged 50, of Murfreesboro, and a native of Franklin, died of a 
sudden heart of Franklin, died of a sudden heart attack early Thursday night 
while he was walking from his home to a softball park.

   He was the son of the late J.R. Byrd and Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, of 
Franklin.  He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Gladys Parker Byrd; two daughters, 
Mrs. Margaret Byrd Britt and Miss Barbara Byrd, all of Murfreesboro; two sons, 
Edward Byrd, of Baltimore, and Ivan Byrd, of Hawaii; four brothers, Emmett 
Byrd, Oscar Byrd and Edward Byrd, all of Franklin, and Jesse Ray Byrd of 
Alexandria, Va., and a sister, Mrs. E.H. Bell, of Alexandria.

   The body was taken to the Holland Funeral Home, Murfreesboro, pending 
funeral arrangements.


Alfred BYRD, of Murfreesboro, NC, 
d. 21 Aug 1941, Murfreesboro, NC, age 50, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 20*), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 22, 1941 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

While the text states he was a Franklin native, his family appear in 
   Nansemond Co. in the 1900 Census.  They are in Franklin in 1910. 
   (FamilySearch.org 1900 & 1910 Census.) 


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