THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, May 14, 1996 TAG: 9605140258
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B10 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 24 lines
McKinley Lee Byrd Sr., of the 2900 block of Leo St., died May 9, 1996, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.
A truck driver and a native of Crewe, Va., Mr. Byrd was a Baptist.
He is survived by his wife, Florenza Byrd; four daughters, Sylvia Byrd, Julia Byrd, Crystal Byrd, Tiffany Byrd, all of Portsmouth; two sons, Angelo Byrd of Portsmouth, McKinley Byrd Jr. of Maryland; parents, Fannie Byrd and Joseph B. Purnell, both of Norfolk.
A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. J.S. Whitfield in Carlos A. Howard Funeral Chapel. Burial is in Olive Branch Cemetery. The remains will be ready for viewing today at 3:30 p.m. The family will assemble at 2917 Leo St., for the procession at noon.
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