Walter Lee Bird was born July 8, 1912, in the Big Cove Community of Madison County, Alabama. His birth was said to have taken place near the present day location of the Clearwater Subdivion off of Terry Drake Road.
Walter married Bertie Lorene Adams on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. It was a double marriage ceremony, as Walter's cousin, Winfred Byrd, exchanged vows with his bride, Lorene Rhoden, at the same.
Walter and Lorene would become the parents of ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan. Of these children - only Phyllis and Kevin were given the surname spelled Bird. The others were all spelled Byrd, which is the spelling Lorene preferred.
Walter was a farmer and later an electrician, wiring the first home in Big Cove, which received electricity - that of Mr. Ed Ellett. In the 1940's, Walter purchased his family home at the corner of present day Walter Bird Drive and Old Big Cove Road, which is where he lived out the rest of his days.
Lorene died in 1975; and Walter later married a widow by the name of Ruby Jewel Rhoden Dodson on October 14, 1979. Jewel's sister, Mary Lorene Rhoden, was the bride of Walter's cousin, Winfred, during their double marriage ceremony. The girls had been orphaned early in life raised by Tom & Kate Bell (also buried at Neal's Chapel).
Walter lived a long, relatively healthly life. He passed away on February 27, 2003, at the Huntsville Hospital surrounded by his family. The night before his death was the first he had ever spent in the hospital.
OBIT:
Walter Lee Bird of Big Cove died Thursday. He was 90. Mr. Bird was a native of Madison County and was retired from Huntsville Manufacturing and was a farmer. He was a life long resident of Big Cove.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Bird of Big Cove; four sons, John Byrd, Sammy Byrd, Ronald Byrd and Kevin Bird, all of Big Cove; five daughters, Lucille Cowan, Peggy Knight, Phyllis Schultz and Nancy Martin, all of Big Cove and Jane Simmons of Hazel Green; three brothers, Daniel Bird of Albertville, Willard Byrd of Huntsville and Lester Byrd of Toney; two sisters, Rocine Young of Huntsville and Estelle Stone of Big Cove; two step-sons, Edward and Ricky Dodson, both of Huntsville; two step-daughters, Vivian Browne of Sparta, N.J. and Selina Billions of Hazel Green; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Big Cove Holiness Church with Bro. David Jones, Bro. Oakley Drake and Bro. Shannon Bird [sic] officiating. Burial will be at Neal's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Big Cove Holiness Church beginning at 5 p.m. today.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES, FEBRUARY 28, 2003
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
Walter married Bertie Lorene Adams on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. It was a double marriage ceremony, as Walter's cousin, Winfred Byrd, exchanged vows with his bride, Lorene Rhoden, at the same.
Walter and Lorene would become the parents of ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan. Of these children - only Phyllis and Kevin were given the surname spelled Bird. The others were all spelled Byrd, which is the spelling Lorene preferred.
Walter was a farmer and later an electrician, wiring the first home in Big Cove, which received electricity - that of Mr. Ed Ellett. In the 1940's, Walter purchased his family home at the corner of present day Walter Bird Drive and Old Big Cove Road, which is where he lived out the rest of his days.
Lorene died in 1975; and Walter later married a widow by the name of Ruby Jewel Rhoden Dodson on October 14, 1979. Jewel's sister, Mary Lorene Rhoden, was the bride of Walter's cousin, Winfred, during their double marriage ceremony. The girls had been orphaned early in life raised by Tom & Kate Bell (also buried at Neal's Chapel).
Walter lived a long, relatively healthly life. He passed away on February 27, 2003, at the Huntsville Hospital surrounded by his family. The night before his death was the first he had ever spent in the hospital.
OBIT:
Walter Lee Bird of Big Cove died Thursday. He was 90. Mr. Bird was a native of Madison County and was retired from Huntsville Manufacturing and was a farmer. He was a life long resident of Big Cove.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Bird of Big Cove; four sons, John Byrd, Sammy Byrd, Ronald Byrd and Kevin Bird, all of Big Cove; five daughters, Lucille Cowan, Peggy Knight, Phyllis Schultz and Nancy Martin, all of Big Cove and Jane Simmons of Hazel Green; three brothers, Daniel Bird of Albertville, Willard Byrd of Huntsville and Lester Byrd of Toney; two sisters, Rocine Young of Huntsville and Estelle Stone of Big Cove; two step-sons, Edward and Ricky Dodson, both of Huntsville; two step-daughters, Vivian Browne of Sparta, N.J. and Selina Billions of Hazel Green; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Big Cove Holiness Church with Bro. David Jones, Bro. Oakley Drake and Bro. Shannon Bird [sic] officiating. Burial will be at Neal's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Big Cove Holiness Church beginning at 5 p.m. today.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES, FEBRUARY 28, 2003
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
Walter Lee Bird was born July 8, 1912, in the Big Cove Community of Madison County, Alabama. His birth was said to have taken place near the present day location of the Clearwater Subdivion off of Terry Drake Road.
Walter married Bertie Lorene Adams on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. It was a double marriage ceremony, as Walter's cousin, Winfred Byrd, exchanged vows with his bride, Lorene Rhoden, at the same.
Walter and Lorene would become the parents of ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan. Of these children - only Phyllis and Kevin were given the surname spelled Bird. The others were all spelled Byrd, which is the spelling Lorene preferred.
Walter was a farmer and later an electrician, wiring the first home in Big Cove, which received electricity - that of Mr. Ed Ellett. In the 1940's, Walter purchased his family home at the corner of present day Walter Bird Drive and Old Big Cove Road, which is where he lived out the rest of his days.
Lorene died in 1975; and Walter later married a widow by the name of Ruby Jewel Rhoden Dodson on October 14, 1979. Jewel's sister, Mary Lorene Rhoden, was the bride of Walter's cousin, Winfred, during their double marriage ceremony. The girls had been orphaned early in life raised by Tom & Kate Bell (also buried at Neal's Chapel).
Walter lived a long, relatively healthly life. He passed away on February 27, 2003, at the Huntsville Hospital surrounded by his family. The night before his death was the first he had ever spent in the hospital.
OBIT:
Walter Lee Bird of Big Cove died Thursday. He was 90. Mr. Bird was a native of Madison County and was retired from Huntsville Manufacturing and was a farmer. He was a life long resident of Big Cove.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Bird of Big Cove; four sons, John Byrd, Sammy Byrd, Ronald Byrd and Kevin Bird, all of Big Cove; five daughters, Lucille Cowan, Peggy Knight, Phyllis Schultz and Nancy Martin, all of Big Cove and Jane Simmons of Hazel Green; three brothers, Daniel Bird of Albertville, Willard Byrd of Huntsville and Lester Byrd of Toney; two sisters, Rocine Young of Huntsville and Estelle Stone of Big Cove; two step-sons, Edward and Ricky Dodson, both of Huntsville; two step-daughters, Vivian Browne of Sparta, N.J. and Selina Billions of Hazel Green; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Big Cove Holiness Church with Bro. David Jones, Bro. Oakley Drake and Bro. Shannon Bird [sic] officiating. Burial will be at Neal's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Big Cove Holiness Church beginning at 5 p.m. today.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES, FEBRUARY 28, 2003
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
Walter married Bertie Lorene Adams on November 16, 1930, in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. It was a double marriage ceremony, as Walter's cousin, Winfred Byrd, exchanged vows with his bride, Lorene Rhoden, at the same.
Walter and Lorene would become the parents of ten children - Rosie Lucille (Cowan), John Wiley, Peggy Sue (Knight), Alton Wayne, Sammy Ellis, Agnes Jane (Simmons), Phyllis Marie (Schultz), Nancy Kay (Martin), Ronald Dale, and Kevin Alan. Of these children - only Phyllis and Kevin were given the surname spelled Bird. The others were all spelled Byrd, which is the spelling Lorene preferred.
Walter was a farmer and later an electrician, wiring the first home in Big Cove, which received electricity - that of Mr. Ed Ellett. In the 1940's, Walter purchased his family home at the corner of present day Walter Bird Drive and Old Big Cove Road, which is where he lived out the rest of his days.
Lorene died in 1975; and Walter later married a widow by the name of Ruby Jewel Rhoden Dodson on October 14, 1979. Jewel's sister, Mary Lorene Rhoden, was the bride of Walter's cousin, Winfred, during their double marriage ceremony. The girls had been orphaned early in life raised by Tom & Kate Bell (also buried at Neal's Chapel).
Walter lived a long, relatively healthly life. He passed away on February 27, 2003, at the Huntsville Hospital surrounded by his family. The night before his death was the first he had ever spent in the hospital.
OBIT:
Walter Lee Bird of Big Cove died Thursday. He was 90. Mr. Bird was a native of Madison County and was retired from Huntsville Manufacturing and was a farmer. He was a life long resident of Big Cove.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Bird of Big Cove; four sons, John Byrd, Sammy Byrd, Ronald Byrd and Kevin Bird, all of Big Cove; five daughters, Lucille Cowan, Peggy Knight, Phyllis Schultz and Nancy Martin, all of Big Cove and Jane Simmons of Hazel Green; three brothers, Daniel Bird of Albertville, Willard Byrd of Huntsville and Lester Byrd of Toney; two sisters, Rocine Young of Huntsville and Estelle Stone of Big Cove; two step-sons, Edward and Ricky Dodson, both of Huntsville; two step-daughters, Vivian Browne of Sparta, N.J. and Selina Billions of Hazel Green; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Big Cove Holiness Church with Bro. David Jones, Bro. Oakley Drake and Bro. Shannon Bird [sic] officiating. Burial will be at Neal's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Big Cove Holiness Church beginning at 5 p.m. today.
HUNTSVILLE TIMES, FEBRUARY 28, 2003
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.
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