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Note: (From the Daily Sentinal News
Paper)
James Anthony Byrd Dies
Funeral services for James
Anthony (Jim) Byrd, 80, of
Route 4, box 142 are pending
under the direction of Cason
Monk Funeral Home.
The services will be held
in the Cason Monk Chapel with
interment in Oak Grove Ceme-
tery.
Officiating will be the Rev.
Ennis Fuller, pastor of the East
Main Pentecostal Church, and
the Rev. Joe Alders, pastor of
the Gloryland Pentecostal
Church.
Mr. Byrd died Monday
night in City Memorial Hos-
pital.
Born Oct. 6, 1885, in Nacog-
doches County, Mr. Byrd had
lived his entire lifetime in the
area, He was a retired sawyer,
having worked for Frost Lum-
ber Industries for many years.
He was a member of the Pen-
tecostal Church.
Mr. Byrd and Comal Holt (Comal "Coupie" Holt)
were married May 20, 1939, and
she survives him.
Other survivors are three
daughters, Mrs. J. C. Andrews (Margrett Nan Byrd)
of Fort Worth, Mrs. Marcel Lee (Marcel Lee Watson) step-daughter
Cantrell of Longview, and Mrs. (Ruth Jewel Watson) step-daughter
Ruth Shallow of berkley, Mich,;
three sons, Oren Lee Byrd of (Oren Lee Byrd)
Nacogdoches, the Rev. Jack (Jack Edwin Byrd)
Byrd of Garrison, and
James Anthony Byrd of Fort Worth; (James Anthony Byrd, Jr.)
three sisters, Mrs. Bertie Car- (Florence "Bertie" Manning) half-sister
penter of Hot Springs, Ark.;
and Mrs. Betey Sowel and Mrs. (Beatrice "Betey" Manning) half sister
Ophelia Webster of Houston; (Elizabeth Ophelia Byrd)
eleven grandchildren; and six
great grandchildren.
Services will be directed
by Cason Monk Funeral Home.
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Never served in the World War 1, given an exemption because they needed wood for truck beds and packing crates, during the war. He was a Sawyer, he cut the trees into lumber for the army.
Too old for World War 2.
Died from a massive Stroke in City Memorial Hospital Nacogdoches, Texas.
Only had a third grade education. Was taken out of school and put to work by his step-father.
Ophelia nick name was Olla.
Beatrice nick name was Betey.
Florance nick name was Bertie.
Nancy [Flemming or Davis] nick name was Nan and Nannie
James Anthony Byrd nick name was Jim.
Burried in a seperate Byrd Plot in Oak Grove Cemetery. His father is burried on the opposite side of the cemetery, in the Old Section. He wanted to be burried beside his first wife and my mother honored his request. He was not burried beside my mother (his last wife). He wanted to be buried in pajamas, so he would look like he was sleeping. My mother buried him that way.
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According to his death citificate his mothers name was Nannie Davis (A.K.A.) Nancy Davis, but I have been told that was a mistake as her name was Nancy Flemming. Also, his age on the citificate is listed a 70 years old at last birth day.
He was just a few days short of 81 years old. Therefore he was 80 when he died.
There was a name change of his father from [Italian ?] to Bird To Byrd. There was two man named Bird and both had the same first name James. There seems to be confusion as to which one is the named one.
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