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William Woodrow "Woody" Byrd

13 Jan 1915 – 16 Apr 1972

Birth	13 Jan 1915
Death	16 Apr 1972
Cemetery	San Jacinto Memorial Park Houston , Harris County , Texas , USA
Added by	Max Shafer on 06 Feb 2016
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120992441

Bio

A former Wellington man, William Woodrow Byrd, 57, of Houston, died in a Houston hospital Sunday, April 16, of emphysema and double pneumonia. He had been in ill health for several years. His brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eron Forbis, attended the services, which were conducted Tuesday. Accompanying them were their son, Rommie Forbis of Perryton, and the other brother, Ozell Byrd, and daughter of Wolfe City. Woodrow Byrd left here in 1947 and served in the Merchant Marines and then became a tug boat captain. He was a member of Harbor Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Maude Byrd of Houston; four sons and two daughters, Kenneth H. of Lafayette, LA; William W. Jr., John L and Jerry D., all of Houston; Mrs. Doris Hutchins of Houston and Mrs. Louise Warrnick of Salt Lake City, UT; his father, Roy Lee Byrd of Crosscut; the two brothers and four sisters and 7 grandchildren. The Wellington Leader April 27, 1972

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Family

Parents

• Jesse Leroy Byrd 1895–1984 FaG
• Lee Ola Parks Forbis 1897–1962 FaG

Spouse

• Maude Newton Byrd 1900–1989 FaG
• Madaline Zell Lowry Byrd 1909–1982 FaG
• Ruby Elizabeth Kesler Chambers 1913–1972

Siblings

• Adolphus Ozell Byrd 1913–1993 FaG
• S1 John Eron Forbis 1919–2009 FaG
• Oneta Byrd Hubbard 1922–2007 FaG
• Leon Dwight Byrd 1926–1936 FaG
• Norma Jean Byrd Wilson 1930–2018 FaG
• Ellowayne Byrd Byrd Tatom 1933–2009 FaG

Children

• Kenneth Howard Byrd 1936–2010
• Doris Elizabeth Byrd Hutchins 1938–2008
• Margaret Louise "Lou" Byrd Warnick 1944–2019

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