Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, R. Emmett, 1954 

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ROBERT EMMETT BYRD

   Funeral services for Robert Emmett Byrd, 58, of Franklin, who died suddenly 
on Wednesday night, October 27, were conducted in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland 
& Sons on Friday afternoon [...*] by James M. Turner, pastor of High Street 
Methodist Church, officiated.

   Interment was the Masonic rites in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.  Pallbearers, both active and honorary, were members of Franklin 
Lodge No. 151, A.F.& A.M., of which the deceased was a member.  The body 
bearers were Ernest M. Bryant, W. Allen Doughty, William L. Heath, C. Harry 
Jones, Robert E. Sandlin and Edward M. Spivey.

   Mr. Byrd, a native of Nansemond County, was the husband of Geneva Tynes 
Byrd, who died in 1937. [...*] of the late James Robert and Harriett Parker 
Byrd of Franklin.  He served with the [...*] in World War I, and was 
discharged with the rank of sergeant.  He was a member of High Street 
Methodist Church.

   Surviving him are two sons, Jack Lee Byrd of Kenvil, N.J., and Robert 
Emmett Byrd, Jr., of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; five grandchildren; two brothers, C. 
Oscar Byrd of Franklin and Jesse Ray Byrd of Alexandria; and a sister, Mrs. 
Earl H. Bell of Alexandria.


Robert Emmett BYRD, of Franklin, WW-I veteran, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 27 Oct 1954, age 58, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 20**), Franklin, 
   29 Oct 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 4, 1954 

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

*"The Tidewater News" was stored in the attic of the TN building for years 
before the LVA copied them.  There is a line running through the print at 
the top and middle of many of the papers and it effected many of the obits. 
I've put elipses for the part that's missing. If it's obvious what's said, 
I've tried to fill it in. (bs) 

Additional information: 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 26, 1937) for his mother is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630h4ob.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 10, 1937) for his wife is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630g1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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