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Wesley Marion Byrd

1 Mar 1884 – 17 Mar 1967

Birth	1 Mar 1884
Death	17 Mar 1967
Cemetery	Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring , Howard County , Texas , USA
Added by	MBishop on 16 Nov 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75726604

Bio

The following article was published in the Big Spring Daily Herald on Sunday, March 19, 1967: W. M. Byrd, Retired Farmer Funeral for W. M. Byrd, 83, 1008 Sycamore, was held Saturday at 4 p.m., in the Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel, with Rev. Jarrel Sharp, pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church, officiating, and interment in Trinity Memorial Park. Mr. Byrd, father of a local school teacher, Mrs. Paul Sweatt, 3308 Drexel, died Friday at 2:30 p.m. in a hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Byrd was born March 1, 1884, at Jacksboro, and was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Paul M. Byrd, and he married Mrs. Anna Dillard on Dec. 6, 1905, at Willow Point. The family resided at Spur from 1948 until one month ago when they moved to Big Spring. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Woodman of the World Lodge. Pallbearers were Roy Sweatt, Marion Hays, Ronald Sweatt, David Fortson, Emory Sweatt, and Bill Hays. Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Sweatt, two brothers, Walter Byrd, Albuquerque, N.M., and Jess Byrd of Wizard Wells; three sisters, Selma Peacher, Waco, Mrs. Lucy Manning, Austin, Mrs. Nettie Brandon, Quanah; two grandsons, Spec. 4. C. Marcus Sweatt, U.S. Army, Fort Campbell, Ky., and Ronald Sweatt, Big Spring; a host of nieces and nephews. Mr. Byrd was preceded in death by a son, Leroy Byrd.

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Family

Parents

• Rev Pleasant Wesley Byrd 1847–1915
• Rachel Marinda Riggs Byrd 1854–1928

Spouse

• Anna Virginia Dillard Byrd 1885–1976 FaG

Siblings

• James Walter Byrd Sr 1877–1972
• Frank Uriah Byrd 1886–1967
• Jessie Key Byrd 1891–1974
• Selma Pierce Byrd Peacher 1894–1967

Children

• Samuel Leroy Byrd 1908–1909 FaG
• Anna Ruth Byrd Sweatt 1912–2001 FaG

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