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Bessie Eura <I>Donaldson</I> Byrd

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Bessie Eura Donaldson Byrd

Birth
Bulloch County, Georgia, USA
Death
8 Jul 1975 (aged 91)
Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia, USA
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Mrs. Bessie Byrd

Sylvania - Mrs. Bessie D. Byrd, 91, of Brooklet, died Tuesday at Sylview Nursing Home after a long illness.

The Bulloch County native had lived in Brooklet most of her life and was a member of Savannah Atlantic Primitive Baptist Church.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Eula Akins of Brooklet, Mrs. Hester Williams and Mrs. Yvonne Kendrick, both of Savannah, Mrs. Eunice Mills of Sylvania and Mrs. Wynelle Greenway of Fort Pierce, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Gussie Swan of Augusta; two brothers, Perry Donaldson of Hollywood, S.C. and Grady Donaldson of Columbia, S.C.; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church with burial in Red Hill Cemetery.

Smith-Tillman Mortuary of Statesboro is in charge.

Savannah Morning News - July 10, 1975

Mrs. Bessie Byrd

Sylvania - Mrs. Bessie D. Byrd, 91, of Brooklet, died Tuesday at Sylview Nursing Home after a long illness.

The Bulloch County native had lived in Brooklet most of her life and was a member of Savannah Atlantic Primitive Baptist Church.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Eula Akins of Brooklet, Mrs. Hester Williams and Mrs. Yvonne Kendrick, both of Savannah, Mrs. Eunice Mills of Sylvania and Mrs. Wynelle Greenway of Fort Pierce, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Gussie Swan of Augusta; two brothers, Perry Donaldson of Hollywood, S.C. and Grady Donaldson of Columbia, S.C.; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church with burial in Red Hill Cemetery.

Smith-Tillman Mortuary of Statesboro is in charge.

Savannah Morning News - July 10, 1975

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  • Maintained by: Lillian Wingate
  • Originally Created by: nu2ga
  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62037964/bessie_eura-byrd: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Eura Donaldson Byrd (9 Feb 1884–8 Jul 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62037964, citing Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Lillian Wingate (contributor 49377200).