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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.

John married Edna Reese Murdock on 5 Jun 1945 in Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama. Edna (daughter of Edward Henry Murdock and Eva Edna Hinson) was born on 8 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Jimmy Richard Adams [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married John Riccio Green [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]