Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Wednesday, April 14, 1965

BYRD, WALLACE CLAIBORNE

Died Tuesday morning at his residence in Gloster, Miss. Born Sept. 20, 1886 in Amite County, Miss., he was 78.

Body at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster, until 1 p.m. Wednesday. Services at Union Methodist Church near Gloster at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. Carruthers officiating. Burial in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Wallace Byrd; two sons, Rodney Byrd, Gloster and Verlle [sic Verrelle] Byrd, Woodville, Miss.; four daughters, Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Alexandria; Mrs. H. H. Hinton, Gloster; Mrs. L. R. Galloway, Baker, and Mrs. Ralph Voorhies, Baton Rouge; five sisters, Mrs. Wiley Seale, Mrs. Ida Poole; Mrs. C. W. Taylor, all of Gloster; Mrs. Sam B. Day, Gulfport, and Mrs. Theresa Covington, Clinton; a brother, Dudley Byrd, Smithdale, Calif.; 12 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren.