John Allen Byrd

1919 - 2007  (87 years)

• Name	John Allen Byrd
  Birth	20 Jul 1919	New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 2007	Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia
  Burial	Riverview Memorial Gardens, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia
  Person ID	I214	lammon
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	James Ira Robert Byrd,   b. 19 Dec 1879, Coffee County, Alabama d. 19 Dec 1962, Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Annie Lammons,   b. 26 Dec 1886, Dale County, Alabama d. 14 Mar 1963, Coffee Springs, Geneva, Alabama (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1905	Dale County, Alabama
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Reese Murdock,   b. 8 Apr 1928
  Marriage	5 Jun 1945	Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Ann Byrd   2. Robert Edward Byrd
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Valdosta Daily Times Issue: June 7, 2007 Obituaries for Thursday, June 7, 2007 VALDOSTA John Allen Byrd John Allen Byrd, 87, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at home. He was born on July 20, 1919, in New Brockton, Ala., to the late James B. and Elizabeth Lamons (sic Lammons) Byrd. Mr. Byrd was retired from Owens-Illinois, was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and a member of St. John the Baptist Masonic Lodge No. 184. During the WWII, he was employed by the U.S. Navy at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for a period of 30 months where his services contributed to the mission of the Pacific Naval Base in support of the U.S. Fleet. Survivors include his wife, Edna M. Byrd; a daughter, Rebecca Barnes; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Reese Adams Fletcher and Walter Fletcher; great-grandchildren, John Riccio Green, Marianne Green and Catherine Green; one brother, Elmer Byrd, all of Valdosta; one sister, Mary Hinson of Alabama. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Byrd; and sisters, Gladys Martin, Bertha Frill and Mildred Crabtree. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2007, at Redland Baptist Church with the Rev. Jay Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites at the graveside. The family will receive friends on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. ? Carson McLane Funeral Home.