Mary Emma Byrd is the daughter of Thomas Brown Byrd and Savannah Eskridge Margrave. Mary Emma married Dr. David Newton Browder on September 1, 1881 in Roane County, Tennessee. They had four known children: Mary "May" Byrd Browder, James Thomas Browder, Blanche Lucile Browder and Felice Browder.
THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES; OCTOBER 9, 1918;
SWEETWATER, Tenn., Oct. 6 – Mrs. Emma Byrd Browder, widow of the late Dr. D. N. Browder, died Wednesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, after a lingering illness, aged 61 years. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. F. Y. Jackson, after which the body was laid to rest beside her husband in West View Cemetery. Mrs. Browder had spent most of the years of her married life and of her widowhood here, and was one of the most beloved women in the town. She was a member of the Byrd family, one of the most prominent in East Tennessee, among whom was Col “Bob” Byrd, a noted veteran of the civil war. She leaves two children, one daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, of Sweetwater, and a son, Thomas Browder of Chattanooga; a sister, Miss Lou Byrd and a brother, R. F. Byrd, also of this place, and a large circle of relatives and friends bereaved by her death.
THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES; OCTOBER 9, 1918;
SWEETWATER, Tenn., Oct. 6 – Mrs. Emma Byrd Browder, widow of the late Dr. D. N. Browder, died Wednesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, after a lingering illness, aged 61 years. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. F. Y. Jackson, after which the body was laid to rest beside her husband in West View Cemetery. Mrs. Browder had spent most of the years of her married life and of her widowhood here, and was one of the most beloved women in the town. She was a member of the Byrd family, one of the most prominent in East Tennessee, among whom was Col “Bob” Byrd, a noted veteran of the civil war. She leaves two children, one daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, of Sweetwater, and a son, Thomas Browder of Chattanooga; a sister, Miss Lou Byrd and a brother, R. F. Byrd, also of this place, and a large circle of relatives and friends bereaved by her death.
Mary Emma Byrd is the daughter of Thomas Brown Byrd and Savannah Eskridge Margrave. Mary Emma married Dr. David Newton Browder on September 1, 1881 in Roane County, Tennessee. They had four known children: Mary "May" Byrd Browder, James Thomas Browder, Blanche Lucile Browder and Felice Browder.
THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES; OCTOBER 9, 1918;
SWEETWATER, Tenn., Oct. 6 – Mrs. Emma Byrd Browder, widow of the late Dr. D. N. Browder, died Wednesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, after a lingering illness, aged 61 years. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. F. Y. Jackson, after which the body was laid to rest beside her husband in West View Cemetery. Mrs. Browder had spent most of the years of her married life and of her widowhood here, and was one of the most beloved women in the town. She was a member of the Byrd family, one of the most prominent in East Tennessee, among whom was Col “Bob” Byrd, a noted veteran of the civil war. She leaves two children, one daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, of Sweetwater, and a son, Thomas Browder of Chattanooga; a sister, Miss Lou Byrd and a brother, R. F. Byrd, also of this place, and a large circle of relatives and friends bereaved by her death.
THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES; OCTOBER 9, 1918;
SWEETWATER, Tenn., Oct. 6 – Mrs. Emma Byrd Browder, widow of the late Dr. D. N. Browder, died Wednesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, after a lingering illness, aged 61 years. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. F. Y. Jackson, after which the body was laid to rest beside her husband in West View Cemetery. Mrs. Browder had spent most of the years of her married life and of her widowhood here, and was one of the most beloved women in the town. She was a member of the Byrd family, one of the most prominent in East Tennessee, among whom was Col “Bob” Byrd, a noted veteran of the civil war. She leaves two children, one daughter, Mrs. O. K. Jones, of Sweetwater, and a son, Thomas Browder of Chattanooga; a sister, Miss Lou Byrd and a brother, R. F. Byrd, also of this place, and a large circle of relatives and friends bereaved by her death.
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