Four Oaks, NC: Mrs. Ethel W. Byrd, age 92 of 565 Boyette Rd died Friday at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Monday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks. Officiating will be Rev. Floyd Turlington. Burial will follow in Hills of Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield.
Mrs. Byrd born November 14, 1921 in Johnston County to the late Jarvis and Ella Parker Rose. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Byrd, and a sister, Mary Moore. Mrs. Byrd retired as a sales clerk and was a member of Piney Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.
Surviving are Step-Sons, Tommy West and wife, Barbara of Wake Forest, Carlton West and wife, Ann of Smithfield; Three Grandchildren; Four Great-Grandchildren; Sister, Kathleen Blackmon and husband, Lloyd of Garner; Special Niece, Jean Johnson of Four Oaks; Several Nieces and Nephews.
The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks one hour prior to the service.
Flowers are welcome, however memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House P. O. Box 1376 Smithfield, NC 27577.