Rus­sell D. Byrd, age 59, of Er­win, went home to be with the Lord, Fri­day, April 10, 2015, at John­son City Med­i­cal Center.
He was a na­tive of Uni­coi County, and the son of Ethel Byrd and the late Oliver Byrd. Rus­sell was a long time em­ployee of Ve­r­i­zon Wire­less. He at­tended First Pen­te­cos­tal Holi­ness Church of Er­win.
In ad­di­tion to his mother, he has left be­hind to cher­ish his mem­o­ries: Wife of 41 years: Viv­ian Byrd, of Er­win; Son: Ash­ley Byrd and wife, Laura, of Tel­ford; Broth­ers: Terry Byrd and wife, Jeanie, of John­son City, Ron Byrd and wife, San­dra, of Holly Ridge, NC, Den­nis Byrd and wife, Pam, of Er­win, Rich­ard Byrd, of Church Hill; Sis­ters: Gail Hol­lo­way and hus­band, Travis, of Er­win, Dar­lene Tate and Kenny, of Er­win; Mother-in-law: Mabel Hig­gins, of Er­win; Sis­ter-in-law: Tina Bar­nett and hus­band, Earl, of Jones­bor­ough; Brother-in-law: Keith Hig­gins, of Er­win; Sev­eral Nieces and Neph­ews; Be­loved Pet: Molly.
The fam­ily re­spect­fully re­quests the honor of your pres­ence as we of­fer trib­ute and re­mem­ber the life of Rus­sell D. Byrd in a fu­neral ser­vice to be held at 7:00 PM on Tues­day, April 14, 2015, in the Chapel of Val­ley Funeral Home. Rever­end Travis Hol­lo­way and Pas­tor Cass Hor­ton will of­fi­ci­ate.
A vis­i­ta­tion pe­riod to share mem­o­ries and of­fer sup­port will be­gin at 5:00 PM and con­tinue un­til ser­vice time on Tues­day at Val­ley Funeral Home and other times at the home, 110 Toney Ave., Er­win, TN 37650.
A grave­side com­mit­tal ser­vice will be held on Wed­nes­day, April 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Ever­green Ceme­tery. Those who will at­tend are asked to meet at Val­ley Funeral Home by 9:30 AM on Wed­nes­day to go in pro­ces­sion to Ever­green Ceme­tery. Serv­ing as pall­bear­ers will be Mi­chael Byrd, Wil­liam Byrd, Johna­than Byrd, Josh Byrd, Paul Green, Nathan Farnor, John Hol­lo­way, Kenny New. Serv­ing as hon­or­ary pall­bearer will be Aaron Hol­lo­way.
Con­do­lences and mem­o­ries may be shared with the fam­ily and viewed at www.val­ley­fu­ner­al­home.net.
These ar­range­ments were made es­pe­cially for the fam­ily and friends of Rus­sell D. Byrd through Val­ley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Ave, Er­win. 423-743-9187.