1944
Larry
2020
Larry Byrd
June 12, 1944 — January 13, 2020
LARRY BYRD
Henderson, TN: Robert Larry Byrd age 75 passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
He was born June 12, 1944 at Covington, the son of the late Stanley and Doris Sage Byrd. He graduated from Frazier High School in Memphis and attended Memphis State where he studied criminal justice. He worked for the Shelby County Sherriff’s Department and later as an x-ray technician at St. Frances Hospital in Memphis. He was a driver’s instructor at C. F. Trucking, where he retired. He lived in Honduras for three years and owned and operated a karaoke business. He married Linda Millner Marsh in 2004 and they made their home in the Montezuma Community.
Mr. Byrd is survived by his wife Linda Gale Millner Marsh Byrd of Henderson.
He was a member of the Montezuma Methodist Church where he taught Sunday school and was the song leader. He was an accomplished trumpet player, having played with Ace Cannon. He was an avid deer hunter and loved to fish.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, January 16th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Hirman Harrison and John Talbott officiating. Burial will follow at Montezuma Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Wednesday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421
Henderson, TN: Robert Larry Byrd age 75 passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
He was born June 12, 1944 at Covington, the son of the late Stanley and Doris Sage Byrd. He graduated from Frazier High School in Memphis and attended Memphis State where he studied criminal justice. He worked for the Shelby County Sherriff’s Department and later as an x-ray technician at St. Frances Hospital in Memphis. He was a driver’s instructor at C. F. Trucking, where he retired. He lived in Honduras for three years and owned and operated a karaoke business. He married Linda Millner Marsh in 2004 and they made their home in the Montezuma Community.
Mr. Byrd is survived by his wife Linda Gale Millner Marsh Byrd of Henderson.
He was a member of the Montezuma Methodist Church where he taught Sunday school and was the song leader. He was an accomplished trumpet player, having played with Ace Cannon. He was an avid deer hunter and loved to fish.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, January 16th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Hirman Harrison and John Talbott officiating. Burial will follow at Montezuma Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Wednesday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
5:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern time)
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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