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George T. Byrd Jr. VIRGINIA BEACH - George Truman Byrd Jr., 78, went to be with the Lord Sept. 2, 2008. He was born in Canton, Ga., on Oct. 18, 1929, to the late George T. Byrd Sr. and Mattie Johnson Byrd. George served his country in the U.S. Navy and continued a career with civil service and retired from the Cheatham Annex as manager of Safety and Health. He was a member of Church of God of Prophesy in Portsmouth and was a member of the Norview Lions Club for more than 40 years. George was also a volunteer for the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, Shannon precinct. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Norton E. and Billy Byrd and sister, Margaret Byrd. Left to cherish his memory are his children, David S. Byrd of Guatemala and Laura Elizabeth Roberts of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two grandchildren, Cameron Lee Roberts of Nashville, Tenn., and Melissa Nicole Byrd of Chattanooga. A funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Kellum Funeral Home, Rosewood Chapel. Burial will follow in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and again Thursday from 10:15 to 11 a.m.
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Ned and Mary Olmstead
September 22, 2008
We are sorry to learn of George's passing. It was our pleasure to know him when he lived in Charleston, SC. We went to church together, enjoyed meals, conversation, laughs, trips with Senior Citizens from church, and worship. He was a fine gentleman.
Babst Reto
September 7, 2008
Dear David and Laura,
a great peronality and a good friend has left us. George was the one person who brought me close to the great Nation of the US with its great people and its multiple facets. We shared hours of interesting discussions about the past, the present and the futurr. Your father was for my my foster father in the US and I appreciated very much what he did for his family and his professional work and especially for the LIOONS youth exchange programm. Mean while my children have spent an exchange in the US and they brought back a good understanding about the US its differences to our culture and thinkings and our common roots in our chrisitan culture. May good give George the eternal peace he has deserved after a life dedicated to others
Kind reagrds and my condolescence to you and all the good friends I still have in my heart from myself and my family.
Reto Babst, Lucerne /Switzerland former Lions Youth Exchange student 1972
malcolm wood
September 3, 2008
david .we sorry to hear of your dads passing.. may God give you the peace and comort that you and your family need at this time.. we love you guys malcolm and deborah wood
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