Extracted from the Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Friday, July 23, 1943

Mrs. Clara B. Byrd
Wife of James W. Byrd

Mrs. Clara B. Byrd, 47, of 814 Rock street, died in a Little Rock hospital Thursday morning. She had been a resident of Little Rock for 20 years.

She is survived by her husband, James W. Byrd; a son, LeRoy Hymel, who is stationed at Camp Robinson; a brother, Albert Duckworth, Jacksonville, Fla., and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Brown, Lauty, Fla., and Mrs. Abbie Abbott, Jacksonville, Fla.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Griffin-Leggett.
___________________________________

Extracted from the Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Saturday, July 24, 1943

MRS. CLARA B. BYRD

Funeral services for Mrs. Clara B. Byrd, 47, of 514 Rock street, who died in a Little Rock hospital Thursday, will be held at the Griffin-Leggett chapel at 10:30 a.m. Saturday by the Rev. R. O. Beck. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial park by Griffin-Leggett. Pallbearers will be Robert Broom, Pemberton McRae, O. R. Thurston, Edward Narkinsy, Joe Warren and Raymond Goforth.