Mrs. May Byrd Obituary (1923

Mary Ellen May Byrd, 90, passed away, on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at H. C. Watkins Memorial Hospital, in Quitman. She was formerly of West Point and most recently of Hattiesburg, Mary Ellen was born June 27, 1923 in Calhoun City, Mississippi to the late Alma Elon Foster May and Ubes Pittman May, Sr. She worked as a Dietician for West Point Public School System and later for West Point, Nursing Home and Dugan Nursing Home. She was a member of West End Baptist Church. Mary Ellen May Byrd married Oliver Carroll Byrd on September 11, 1943; in West Point, Mississippi he preceded him in death on March 19, 2003 Funeral services will be Saturday, August 31, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jerome Key officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one daughter Elaine Byrd of Hattiesburg; two sons, Thomas Carroll Byrd (Ann) of Biloxi, Oliver Wayne Byrd (Karen) of Quitman; eight grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; one sister, Katherine Elon May Byrd Dill of Columbus; three brothers, Ubes Pittman May (Janice), James Adrian May (Pat), Harley Eugene May (Betty) of all of West Point. She was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister: William Jefferson May, Cecil Allen May and Annie Ophelia May Young Pallbearers will be Keith May, Larry Smith, George Parker, David May, Gregg Wamble, and Robert Young, Memorials may be made to West End Baptist Church, P. O. Box 388, West Point, MS 39773 Visitation will be Friday, 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.