Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthAug 1, 1911, Watauga County, North Carolina [36233]
BurialByrd Cemetery, Justus Road, Valle Crucis, Watauga County, North Carolina [36233]
FatherBenjamin Franklin BYRD (1888-1975)
MotherRhoda TOWNSEND (1893-1982)
Obituary Online notes for Will McKinley BYRD
Mr. Will Byrd, 95, of Zionville, former resident of the Dutch Creek community, died Sunday morning, May 20, 2007.
Mr. Byrd was born Aug. 1, 1911 in Watauga County, a son of the late Benjamin and Rhoda Townsend Byrd.
Mr. Byrd owned and operated a sawmill.
He was a member of the Valle Crucis Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mr. Byrd and his wife, Emma, were former house parents at Grandfather Home for Children in Banner Elk.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Emma Eggers Byrd, one son, Bobby "Andy" Byrd, his father and mother, Benjamin and Rhoda Townsend Byrd, one sister, Rosa Grant, and two brothers, Doc and Claude Byrd.
Burial will follow in the Byrd Family Cemetery.
Byrd Family Cemetery
1159 North Fork Road, Zionville, N.C. 28698
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William Mc Kinley Byrd
North Carolina, Birth Index
Name: William Mc Kinley Byrd
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 Aug 1911
Event Place: Watauga, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Race: White
Father's Name: Benjamin M Byrd
Mother's Name: Rhoda E Townsend [36233]
Mr. Byrd was born Aug. 1, 1911 in Watauga County, a son of the late Benjamin and Rhoda Townsend Byrd.
Mr. Byrd owned and operated a sawmill.
He was a member of the Valle Crucis Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mr. Byrd and his wife, Emma, were former house parents at Grandfather Home for Children in Banner Elk.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Emma Eggers Byrd, one son, Bobby "Andy" Byrd, his father and mother, Benjamin and Rhoda Townsend Byrd, one sister, Rosa Grant, and two brothers, Doc and Claude Byrd.
Burial will follow in the Byrd Family Cemetery.
Byrd Family Cemetery
1159 North Fork Road, Zionville, N.C. 28698
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William Mc Kinley Byrd
North Carolina, Birth Index
Name: William Mc Kinley Byrd
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 Aug 1911
Event Place: Watauga, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Race: White
Father's Name: Benjamin M Byrd
Mother's Name: Rhoda E Townsend [36233]