Extracted from The Camden News (Camden, AR)
Thursday, December 13, 1973

J. B. Byrd

Funeral services for J. B. Byrd, 53 of Bearden, were held today at 2 p.m. at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Burial was in Moss Cemetery.

Mr. Byrd, owner of the Thrift Furniture Company in Bearden, and well known Ouachita County resident, died Tuesday.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Sullivent Byrd, a son, Brad Byrd of Bearden, two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Upton of Camden, and Mrs. Mary Lee McDonald of Louisiana, two brothers, Floyd Byrd of Camden, and Lloyd Byrd of Little Rock.