WEST HAMLIN - Woodie Ray Byrd, 85, of West Hamlin died May 28, 1999, at home.
He was a member of Union Freewill Baptist Church, Griffithsville, a former laborer with the state Department of Highways and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Edith Marie Byrd; daughters, Maxine M. Ross of West Hamlin, Jean Stowers of Griffithsville; foster daughter, Glenna Beckelheimer of Branchland; brother, William of Yawkey; sisters, Cynthia Spears of Garden City, Mich., Lucy Roberts of Alkol, Rosie Vickers of Sumerco, Elsia Lucas of Danese, Bessie Cyrus of Joe Creek; 10 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; three foster grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, with the Rev. Russell Adkins and the Rev. Kenneth Bell officiating. Burial will be in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Source Citation: Newspaper: Charleston Gazette, The; Publication Date: 1 Nov 2003; Publication Place: Charleston, WV, United States
WEST HAMLIN - Woodie Ray Byrd, 85, of West Hamlin died May 28, 1999, at home.
He was a member of Union Freewill Baptist Church, Griffithsville, a former laborer with the state Department of Highways and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving: wife, Edith Marie Byrd; daughters, Maxine M. Ross of West Hamlin, Jean Stowers of Griffithsville; foster daughter, Glenna Beckelheimer of Branchland; brother, William of Yawkey; sisters, Cynthia Spears of Garden City, Mich., Lucy Roberts of Alkol, Rosie Vickers of Sumerco, Elsia Lucas of Danese, Bessie Cyrus of Joe Creek; 10 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; three foster grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, with the Rev. Russell Adkins and the Rev. Kenneth Bell officiating. Burial will be in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Source Citation: Newspaper: Charleston Gazette, The; Publication Date: 1 Nov 2003; Publication Place: Charleston, WV, United States
Family Members
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Ezra Albert Byrd
1901–1979
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Cosby Ellen Byrd Edwards
1902–1994
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William Henry Byrd
1906–2006
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Della Frances Byrd Carper
1907–1989
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Rosie Bell Byrd Vickers
1909–2000
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Arthur Byrd
1915–1992
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Isaac Freeman Byrd
1917–1994
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Lucy M. Byrd Roberts
1921–2019
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Arnold Lee Byrd
1925–1993
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Cynthia Virginia Byrd Spears
1928–2005
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