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Eleazer Althenia Grimes Byrd

Birth
Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Aug 2008 (aged 90)
Benson, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Daughter of Willie Oker and Fannie Jane (Barbour) Grimes. Wife of Hezekiah "Hezzy/Hezzie" Carr Byrd.

Leza Grimes married Hezzie Byrd on January 6, 1938 in Johnston County, NC. Hezekiah "Hezzy" Carr Byrd was the son of William Henry Byrd and Callie F. (Stephenson) Byrd Roberts.

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Mrs. Eleazer Grimes Byrd, 90, went to be with her Lord Friday at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Benson.

Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Rose & Graham Funeral chapel in Benson. Mrs. Sue J. Langdon and Rev. Randy Beasley will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Grove Original Free Will Baptist church cemetery.

Mrs. Byrd was born October 5, 1917, in Johnston County to the late Fannie Barbour and Willie "Buddy" Grimes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hezzy C. Byrd; a son, Jerry Donald Byrd, brothers, Paul Loren Grimes, George L. Grimes, and John Leamon Grimes, and sisters, Rita G. Boyd and Annie Mae G. Barbour.

Mrs. Byrd was a homemaker and assisted in the family business, Byrd's Used Cars and Garage.

Surviving are: daughters, Judy B. Barbour, Patsy B. Sorrell, Janet L. Byrd, and Tammy R. Byrd; son, Charles "Don" Byrd; grandchildren, Charles Don Byrd, Jr., Amy Barbour Clayton and Kristen Byrd Cone; seven great-grandchildren.
Daughter of Willie Oker and Fannie Jane (Barbour) Grimes. Wife of Hezekiah "Hezzy/Hezzie" Carr Byrd.

Leza Grimes married Hezzie Byrd on January 6, 1938 in Johnston County, NC. Hezekiah "Hezzy" Carr Byrd was the son of William Henry Byrd and Callie F. (Stephenson) Byrd Roberts.

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Mrs. Eleazer Grimes Byrd, 90, went to be with her Lord Friday at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Benson.

Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Rose & Graham Funeral chapel in Benson. Mrs. Sue J. Langdon and Rev. Randy Beasley will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Grove Original Free Will Baptist church cemetery.

Mrs. Byrd was born October 5, 1917, in Johnston County to the late Fannie Barbour and Willie "Buddy" Grimes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Hezzy C. Byrd; a son, Jerry Donald Byrd, brothers, Paul Loren Grimes, George L. Grimes, and John Leamon Grimes, and sisters, Rita G. Boyd and Annie Mae G. Barbour.

Mrs. Byrd was a homemaker and assisted in the family business, Byrd's Used Cars and Garage.

Surviving are: daughters, Judy B. Barbour, Patsy B. Sorrell, Janet L. Byrd, and Tammy R. Byrd; son, Charles "Don" Byrd; grandchildren, Charles Don Byrd, Jr., Amy Barbour Clayton and Kristen Byrd Cone; seven great-grandchildren.


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  • Maintained by: mv66nc
  • Originally Created by: BeeManTim
  • Added: Aug 1, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28715159/eleazer_althenia-byrd: accessed ), memorial page for Eleazer Althenia Grimes Byrd (5 Oct 1917–1 Aug 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28715159, citing Saint Mary's Grove Original FWB Church Cemetery, Benson, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by mv66nc (contributor 46944406).