Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Miles and the Rev. Boyce Cleary officiating. Military honors provided by the North Carolina National Guard honor guard will be in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery on N.C. 18 North. The family will receive friends from noon until 1:30 p.m., prior to the service at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
Mr. Byrd was born Sept. 5, 1949, in Wilkes County to the Rev. James Albert and Pearl Grimes Byrd. He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Sue Byrd Brown and Janet Byrd Mathis, and two brothers, Junior Byrd and Jerry Byrd.
He is survived by his wife, Janice Cleary Byrd of the home; two sons, Allen Byrd and wife, Sherry, and Anthony Byrd, all of North Wilkesboro; seven grandchildren, Logan, Cydney, Caleb, Abbey, Drake, Pfischer and Andrew; one great-grandchild, Samson; three sisters, Judy Shepherd and husband, John, of Purlear, Carolyn Byrd and husband, Dwight, of North Wilkesboro, and Diane Wood of Traphill; and two brothers, Joe Byrd and wife, Paula, and Dean Byrd and wife, Clara, all of North Wilkesboro.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Wilkes County EMS, P.O. Box 187, North Wilkesboro, N.C. 28659.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Miles and the Rev. Boyce Cleary officiating. Military honors provided by the North Carolina National Guard honor guard will be in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery on N.C. 18 North. The family will receive friends from noon until 1:30 p.m., prior to the service at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
Mr. Byrd was born Sept. 5, 1949, in Wilkes County to the Rev. James Albert and Pearl Grimes Byrd. He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Sue Byrd Brown and Janet Byrd Mathis, and two brothers, Junior Byrd and Jerry Byrd.
He is survived by his wife, Janice Cleary Byrd of the home; two sons, Allen Byrd and wife, Sherry, and Anthony Byrd, all of North Wilkesboro; seven grandchildren, Logan, Cydney, Caleb, Abbey, Drake, Pfischer and Andrew; one great-grandchild, Samson; three sisters, Judy Shepherd and husband, John, of Purlear, Carolyn Byrd and husband, Dwight, of North Wilkesboro, and Diane Wood of Traphill; and two brothers, Joe Byrd and wife, Paula, and Dean Byrd and wife, Clara, all of North Wilkesboro.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Wilkes County EMS, P.O. Box 187, North Wilkesboro, N.C. 28659.
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