Services for Emma Blanche Byrd, 87, of Lone Oak, formerly of Wingo and Graves County, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lone Oak First Baptist Church, where she was a member. Drs. Willis Henson and Dan Summerlin and the Rev. Stan Reid will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Kenton Cemetery.
Mrs. Byrd died at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday at Lourdes hospital.
She was a homemaker.
Surviving are seven daughters, JoEtta Riley of Melber, Rita Newsome of Benton, and Ann Henderson, Phyllis Snelling, Sue Dotson, Nancy Plewke and Shelia Adams, all of Paducah; four sons, Jay Donald Byrd, Gerald Byrd, Richard Byrd and Dwayne Byrd, all of Paducah; four sisters, Mellie Taylor of Wingo, Martha McManus and Reba Smith, both of Mayfield, and Glenda Keeling of Davidson, Mich.; a brother, Kenneth Mullins of Benton; 23 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Byrd; her parents, Beeler and Hettie Gray Mullins; a sister; and two brothers.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the Lone Oak chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Lone Oak First Baptist Church, 3601 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003.
Services for Emma Blanche Byrd, 87, of Lone Oak, formerly of Wingo and Graves County, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lone Oak First Baptist Church, where she was a member. Drs. Willis Henson and Dan Summerlin and the Rev. Stan Reid will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Kenton Cemetery.
Mrs. Byrd died at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday at Lourdes hospital.
She was a homemaker.
Surviving are seven daughters, JoEtta Riley of Melber, Rita Newsome of Benton, and Ann Henderson, Phyllis Snelling, Sue Dotson, Nancy Plewke and Shelia Adams, all of Paducah; four sons, Jay Donald Byrd, Gerald Byrd, Richard Byrd and Dwayne Byrd, all of Paducah; four sisters, Mellie Taylor of Wingo, Martha McManus and Reba Smith, both of Mayfield, and Glenda Keeling of Davidson, Mich.; a brother, Kenneth Mullins of Benton; 23 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Byrd; her parents, Beeler and Hettie Gray Mullins; a sister; and two brothers.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the Lone Oak chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Lone Oak First Baptist Church, 3601 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003.
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