Obit: "Myrtle J. Byrd of Waco, a nurse, died Thursday at a local nursing home. She was 93. Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Connally-Compton West Waco Drive Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Harvey B. Gordon and the Rev. Michael Parrish officiating. Burial will be at the Rosamound Cemetery.
Mrs. Byrd was born Aug. 21, 1902, in Mosheim. She taught piano lessons for 25 years, later becoming a licensed vocational nurse for Providence Hospital. She also owned and administered the first licensed nursing home in Waco. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Byrd, and a son, Eugene Doyle Byrd. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sons, Jack N. Byrd of McGregor, Benny Steve Byrd of China Spring, and Doug Byrd of Waco; a daughter, Sue Betros of Waco; a brother, E.C. Johnson of Valley Mills; a sister, Mosette Kilpatrick of Temple; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home."
Mrs. Byrd was born Aug. 21, 1902, in Mosheim. She taught piano lessons for 25 years, later becoming a licensed vocational nurse for Providence Hospital. She also owned and administered the first licensed nursing home in Waco. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Byrd, and a son, Eugene Doyle Byrd. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sons, Jack N. Byrd of McGregor, Benny Steve Byrd of China Spring, and Doug Byrd of Waco; a daughter, Sue Betros of Waco; a brother, E.C. Johnson of Valley Mills; a sister, Mosette Kilpatrick of Temple; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home."
Obit: "Myrtle J. Byrd of Waco, a nurse, died Thursday at a local nursing home. She was 93. Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Connally-Compton West Waco Drive Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Harvey B. Gordon and the Rev. Michael Parrish officiating. Burial will be at the Rosamound Cemetery.
Mrs. Byrd was born Aug. 21, 1902, in Mosheim. She taught piano lessons for 25 years, later becoming a licensed vocational nurse for Providence Hospital. She also owned and administered the first licensed nursing home in Waco. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Byrd, and a son, Eugene Doyle Byrd. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sons, Jack N. Byrd of McGregor, Benny Steve Byrd of China Spring, and Doug Byrd of Waco; a daughter, Sue Betros of Waco; a brother, E.C. Johnson of Valley Mills; a sister, Mosette Kilpatrick of Temple; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home."
Mrs. Byrd was born Aug. 21, 1902, in Mosheim. She taught piano lessons for 25 years, later becoming a licensed vocational nurse for Providence Hospital. She also owned and administered the first licensed nursing home in Waco. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.D. Byrd, and a son, Eugene Doyle Byrd. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sons, Jack N. Byrd of McGregor, Benny Steve Byrd of China Spring, and Doug Byrd of Waco; a daughter, Sue Betros of Waco; a brother, E.C. Johnson of Valley Mills; a sister, Mosette Kilpatrick of Temple; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home."
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