United States Army World War II Veteran.
Services for Kenneth B. Byrd, 88, of Lorenzo were at 11:00 AM Monday, October 16, 2006 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Lorenzo with the Rev. Charles Hankson officiating. Burial followed in West Side Cemetery in Lorenzo under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Lorenzo.
Kenneth passed away, Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born June 12, 1918 in Carthage, Texas to the late Jake and Katie Byrd. In 1969 he married Zettie Kelly in New Mexico.
He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Lorenzo where he served as trustee. He had worked as a butcher at Jackson Butcher Shop. He moved to Lorenzo in 1940 from Carthage. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII.
Kenneth is preceded in death by two sons; Jerry Byrd and Kenneth Byrd, Jr. Survivors include; his wife; Zettie of Lorenzo, two sons; Willie Byrd and Robert Byrd both of Lubbock and a daughter; Katie B. Williams of Lubbock, five grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Serving as casket bearers will be Freddie L. Brown, Washington Brown, Sonny Langston, A. Y. Anderson, Lawrence E. Douglas and Wayne Miller.
©Crosby County News, Friday October 20, 2006, page 16
LUBBOCK — Zettie Dee Kelly Byrd, 76, of Lorenzo, Texas, passed away on Feb. 4, 2014.
Zettie was born on May 25, 1937, to the parentage of Isaac and Zettie Leola Jones-Kelly in Huntsville, Texas. Zettie was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Lorenzo, where she worked faithfully, singing in the choir until her health began to fail.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, Isaac and Zettie; six sisters; and four brothers.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Linda Womack; one son, Leroy Womack; one stepson, Willie Byrd; one stepdaughter, Kathie Byrd; two sisters, Gladys Lee and Addis Hardman; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Celebration of life services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Lorenzo, Texas. Interment will follow at Lorenzo Cemetery under the direction of Griffin Mortuary.
Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Feb. 17, 2014
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