Ruth Ann Hall Byrd departed this life on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 29 days. She was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, on September 7, 1939, the daughter of the late Luther Clyde Dycus and Ruth Grissby Pack Jenkins.
While Ruth lived in Dickson County, she had worked in the healthcare industry at clinics and doctors' offices. When she later moved to Savannah, Tennessee, she had worked in the office for Dr. Churchwell, as a CNA at Park Rest and Hardin Home Nursing Home, and at Elk Valley Home Health, she enjoyed this job the most. Ruth was of the church of Christ belief, and enjoyed growing flowers, gardening, and she liked to sing about blue birds in the summer.
Ruth Ann Byrd is survived by her daughters, Marcia Hall McKinney and her husband Thomas, and Gerry Anne Kilburn, all of Crump, Tennessee; grandchild, John Talman Garrison Hall Bricker, Billy Andrew Bricker, Miley Garrison Kilburn, and James Micheal King; great grandchildren, Elizabeth, Shawn, Jean Ann, Kinzleigh, and J.T.; and sisters, Barbara Powell of Nashville, Tennessee and Marvene Fultz and her husband John of White Bluff, Tennessee.
In addition to her parents, Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Byrd, and brothers, Luther Clyde Dycus, Jr. and David Willis Dycus.