Carolyn Phyllis Byrd Chambers
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She was born on July 9, 1944, to the late James Ernest Byrd, Sr. and Sylbia Byrd.
Carolyn was a member of the Norma Baptist Church and was a very spiritual person and strong in her faith. She loved going to Sunday School and Church. She enjoyed singing all her life and especially in church. She was a loving sister, aunt and friend. She will be sadly missed.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Sylbia Byrd; siblings, Wilba Jean Byrd, Ondria Ruth Byrd, Muriel (Muri) Byrd, Althea Barringer, Patricia Barrett, Marjorie Bond, Virgie Hutson, James Ernest Byrd, Jr.; loving husband, Cleo Chambers.
She is survived by her sister, Venna West of Knoxville, TN; brothers, Marvin Byrd and wife Joyce of Chatsworth, GA, Ledford Byrd and wife Ada of Huntsville, TN. Carolyn also leaves many nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and church family.
A special thank you to Oneida Nursing and Rehab Center, Quality Hospice Care and all the special drivers from ETHRA. Also, a special thank you to the members of Mount Zion United Baptist Church for their assistance in transportation so she could enjoy worship with them. A special thank you to John and Amy Kirby and family for all their caring help over the years.
Friends may visit with Carolyn's family on Monday, July 28, 2025 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home. Funeral service will be on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 1 p.m. at Norma Baptist Church with Rev. James Pennington and Rev. Dewayne Lawson officiating. Music will be provided by Jimmy and Sarah Byrd.
Committal service will follow in the Byrd-Rector Cemetery in Straight Fork, TN. Serving as pallbearers: Rev. Jeffery Boyatt, Curtis Jeffers, Dillis Chambers, Mert Adkins, James Vernon Byrd, Melvin Byrd, Ted Adkins.
West-Murley Funeral Home is serving the family of Carolyn Phyllis Byrd Chambers.
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