Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, Geneva Tynes, 1937 

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GENEVA TYNES BYRD

   Mrs. Geneva Tynes Byrd, wife of R. Emmett Byrd of this town, died Tuesday 
afternoon at her home in Bogart Avenue, after a brief illness.  Besides her 
husband, Mrs. Byrd is survived by two sons, R.E., Jr. and Jack Byrd, her 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H.* Tynes of Roxobel, N.C., a sister, Miss Grace 
Tynes of Jackson, N.C., a sister, Miss Grace Tynes of Jackson, N.C., and 
three brothers, C.C. Tynes of Hobgood and E.E. and Pete Tynes of Kelford, N.C.

   Services were held from the residence Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, 
conducted by her Pastor, Rev. A. McK. Reynolds, of High Street M.E. Church. 
Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery here.  Pallbearers were Richmond 
Peters, Ezra Gray, J.F. Sandlin, Geo. H. Parker, Harry Steinhardt, David 
Lawrence, L.A. Whitley and Dr. A.P. Cutchin.


Geneva (TYNES; Mrs. R. Emmett) BYRD, 
d. 7 Dec 1937, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 20**), Franklin, 9 Dec 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 10, 1937 

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

Additional information: 

The husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 4, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630e4ob.txt 

*father's initials reversed - Henry West TYNES. 

Her mother's name usually appears as Cenie {often mis-read} or Cenith; 
   her N.C. D.Cert. (#29; Roxobel #15) gives Corinia Bryant Tynes, 
   dt/o John Tynes [sic] & Mary J. Hancock {Cox struck}, 
   all b. Bertie Co.; the informant was {son} Ernest Tynes. 
   The cemetery list gives Cynthia Cobb Williams Bryant Tynes. 
   Appears elsewhere Parthenia. 


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