Obituary for Roy Byrd
Services for Roy Byrd, age 85, of Altus, Oklahoma, have been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the Lowell Tims Funeral Home Chapel with Tom Byrd and Jim Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Hollis under the direction of Lowell Tims Funeral Home.
Mr. Byrd was born October 16, 1908 in the Dryden Community, Oklahoma to Mose and Mary Byrd. He married Ruby Dell (Cunningham) Byrd October 9, 1931 in Frederick, OK. They lived in Harmon and Jackson County until moving to Shreveport, LA, where they lived for 25 years. They returned to Altus in 1990. Mr. Byrd was a Cotton Ginner for over 30 years. He was a member of the Thomas Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include: his wife, Ruby Dell Byrd of the home; three children, Tommy James Byrd and wife Karen of Sulfur, OK, Terry Lee Byrd and wife Sandra of Altus, OK and Mary Francine Byrd Shaw and husband Hooty of Blair, OK; six grandsons, Craig, Tim, Blake, Matt Byrd and Lyle and Lee Shaw; six great-grandsons, Chad, Sean, Brian, Tyler, Cameron and Colby Byrd; one great-granddaughter, Kendra Lee Ann Shaw; and a host of friends and loved ones.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; brothers, Millard, Calvin, Otis "Shorty", and Ed; a sister, Sybil and a grandson, Kyle.
03/12/1994
2:00 PM
Funeral
Lowell-Tims Chapel
Altus
OK
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Mr. Byrd was born October 16, 1908 in the Dryden Community, Oklahoma to Mose and Mary Byrd. He married Ruby Dell (Cunningham) Byrd October 9, 1931 in Frederick, OK. They lived in Harmon and Jackson County until moving to Shreveport, LA, where they lived for 25 years. They returned to Altus in 1990. Mr. Byrd was a Cotton Ginner for over 30 years. He was a member of the Thomas Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include: his wife, Ruby Dell Byrd of the home; three children, Tommy James Byrd and wife Karen of Sulfur, OK, Terry Lee Byrd and wife Sandra of Altus, OK and Mary Francine Byrd Shaw and husband Hooty of Blair, OK; six grandsons, Craig, Tim, Blake, Matt Byrd and Lyle and Lee Shaw; six great-grandsons, Chad, Sean, Brian, Tyler, Cameron and Colby Byrd; one great-granddaughter, Kendra Lee Ann Shaw; and a host of friends and loved ones.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; brothers, Millard, Calvin, Otis "Shorty", and Ed; a sister, Sybil and a grandson, Kyle.
03/12/1994
2:00 PM
Funeral
Lowell-Tims Chapel
Altus
OK
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