Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, C. Oscar, 1964 

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CYRUS OSCAR BYRD

CYRUS O. BYRD

   FRANKLIN - Cyrus Oscar Byrd, 80, died yesterday.  He was a member of the 
High Street Methodist Church.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hill Byrd; a daughter Mrs. P.J. 
Gearing of Jacksonville, Fla.; a son Mitchell A. Byrd of Williamsburg; a 
sister Mrs. Earl Bell of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and three grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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CYRUS O. BYRD

    FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Cyrus Oscar Byrd will be conducted 
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert A. 
Fridley, pastor of High Street Methodist Church and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, 
pastor of the Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial will be Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

   Mr. Byrd, 80, died Monday afternoon in his home on Third Avenue after a 
heart attack.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Margaret Hill Byrd and a son of James Robert 
and Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Parker Byrd.  A native of Whaleyville, he moved to 
Franklin in 1905 and worked at Camp Manufacturing Co., until 1951.

   He was a member of High Street Methodist Church.

   Besides his widow surviving are a daughter Mrs. P.J. Gearing of 
Jacksonville, Fla.; a son Mitchell A. Byrd of Williamsburg, a sister, Mrs. 
Earl Bell of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and three grandchildren.

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CYRUS O. BYRD

   Cyrus Oscar Byrd, 80, died Monday afternoon in his home on Third Avenue 
after a heart attack.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Margaret Hill Byrd and a son of James Robert and 
Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Parker Byrd.  A native of Whaleyville, he moved to 
Franklin in 1905 and worked at Camp Manufacturing Co., until 1951.

   He was a member of High Street Methodist Church.

   Besides his widow surviving are a daughter, Mrs. P.J. Gearing of 
Jacksonville, Fla.; a son, Mitchell A. Byrd of Williamsburg; a sister, Mrs. 
Earl Bell of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and three grandchildren.

   A funeral service was conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley of High Street Methodist 
Church and the Rev. R.E. Brittle of Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Otis Blythe, Harry Skipper, J.R. Howerton, D.A. Gooden, 
Benny Murphy and J.K. Gray.

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CYRUS OSCAR BYRD

   Cyrus Oscar Byrd, husband of Mrs. Margaret Hill Byrd, formerly of 
Lynchburg, died o a heart attack at his home in Franklin on Monday afternoon.

   A funeral service will be held at Holland Funeral Home at 4 p.m. Wednesday.


Cyrus Oscar BYRD, formerly of Lynchburg, retired from Camp Manufacturing Co., 
Whaleyville native, d. 23 Nov 1964, Franklin, age 62, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 18B*), Franklin, 
   25 Nov 1964, 
"The Progress-Index" (Petersburg, VA), Nov. 24, 1964 

*Oscar's grave, and that of his first wife, were apparently covered by ivy 
 when the cemetery was initially recorded.  He was added to the cemetery list 
 at the prompting of his daughter-in-law, Lois (Mrs. Mitchell) BYRD.  The ivy 
 has been trimmed back! 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

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," Feb. 11, 1921, p. 1) of his first wife, 
   Bessie Lee (GARDNER) BYRD is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630b1ob.txt 
An abstract of her death certificate (1921, vol. 566, no. 4510) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630b1dc.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 
Special thanks to Mitchell & Lois Byrd. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630o1ob.txt