ROSE HILL CEMETERY, COLUMBIA TENNESSEE

BYRD, Farris, Roy "Son", 16 Apr 1911 - 13 Aug 1977, s/o Burn and Ida Byrd; veteran of World War II. (Inscribed on stone with Mable A. Byrd 1926-1960)
 
Farris Byrd was married 2 or 3 times. His last wife was my (Ruth Walsh) extended cousin who was Flossie Woodrow Kirkland, widow of James Elmer �Cotton � Hill (they also are buried Rose Hill). I have her obituary somewhere (in a box) but have to find it. Flossie was the daughter of Edward Jerome Kirkland and Catherine Eugenia Eubank. The Kirklands' are buried Anthony Cemetery, Giles Co., TN.

Columbia (TN) Herald, Monday, August 15, 1977

Farris Roy "Son" Byrd, a resident of Whatley Street, died Saturday at the Maury County Hospital following an illness of several months.
A native of Madison County, Ky., he was the son of the late Burn and Ida Byrd and a veteran of World War II.
Funeral services were conducted today at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife (Flossie Woodrow Kirkland), daughter Mrs. Barbara Ann Driver, Ringgold, GA, and two grandchildren. Tina and Mike Cobb, both of Texas.
Active pallbearers were Douglas Oliver, Jessie Perry, Kenneth Brown, Glynn Harris, Johnnie Wynn, Otis Jernigan, Gary Dungy, Walter Fitzgerald and O.J. Ingram.

 Information compiled & shared by Ruth Hasten Walsh. Sent here 22 Apr 2016.