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Terry Lee Byrd
Posted 10/30/06
Terry Lee Byrd, 48 HURLOCK, Md. - Terry Lee Byrd of Hurlock died, after a brief illness, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, in Deer's Head Hospital, Salisbury. He was 48. Mr. Byrd was born Jan. 30, 1958, in …
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Terry Lee Byrd
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Terry Lee Byrd, 48
HURLOCK, Md. - Terry Lee Byrd of Hurlock died, after a brief illness, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, in Deer's Head Hospital, Salisbury. He was 48.
Mr. Byrd was born Jan. 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, son of Edgar Wilson of Philadelphia and Elaine Ayres of Dover, Del., and stepson of Johnny Ayres Jr. of Snow Hill.
He was educated in the public schools of Snow Hill, Worcester County. He graduated from Strayer University, Baltimore.
Mr. Byrd was a former field administrator of The Hartford Insurance Co. in Alexandria, Va., a safety inspector of the John W. Taylor Packing Co., Hallwood, Va., a former employee of MBNA, Dover, and, at the time of his death, was the administrative assistant of the Easton District of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church.
He loved his family and his friends. He respected all his co-workers in the conference. He enjoyed working with the district superintendents. He especially loved the 8:30 a.m. service at Faith Community, fresh flowers, singing in the choirs, playing the tambourine, reading a good book, football games, going shopping for bargains and sweet potato pie.
Mr. Byrd was baptized and became a member of Mount Wesley United Methodist Church at an early age. As a teen-ager, he was very active in the Snow Hill Fellowship Choir. Upon moving to Washington, he became a member of Canaan Baptist Church. When he returned to the Eastern Shore, he reunited with Mount Wesley. While living in East New Market, he fell in love with the members of the East New Market-Linkwood Charge. At the time of his death, he was in the process of transferring his membership from Mount Wesley to Faith Community United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his parents, Edgar Wilson of Philadelphia and Elaine Ayres of Dover; his stepfather, Johnny Ayres Jr. of Snow Hill ; three sisters, Patricia Byrd of Snow Hill, Paulette Doughty of Norfolk, Va., and Linda Wilson of Philadelphia; six brothers, Elwood Byrd of Upper Fairmount, Gerald Byrd of Norfolk, Ralph Byrd of Denver, Lawrence Byrd of East New Market, Edward Trader of Mappsville, Va., and Edgar Wilson Jr. of Philadelphia; two sisters-in-law, Claudette Byrd and Rosalind Byrd; a brother-in-law; maternal grandmother, Gertrude Byrd of Nelsonia, Va.; two godchildren, Jessica Byrd of Freemont, N.C., and Rhezhon Byrd of Snow Hill; a great-aunt, Madeline Barrett of Philadelphia; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other friends. He was blessed to be a member of the spiritual family of Barbara and Kenneth Harris.
Services will be noon Monday in the Hurlock United Methodist Church, Main Street, Hurlock.
Burial will be in Faith Community United Methodist Church Cemetery, East New Market.
Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home, Hurlock.
HURLOCK, Md. - Terry Lee Byrd of Hurlock died, after a brief illness, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, in Deer's Head Hospital, Salisbury. He was 48.
Mr. Byrd was born Jan. 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, son of Edgar Wilson of Philadelphia and Elaine Ayres of Dover, Del., and stepson of Johnny Ayres Jr. of Snow Hill.
He was educated in the public schools of Snow Hill, Worcester County. He graduated from Strayer University, Baltimore.
Mr. Byrd was a former field administrator of The Hartford Insurance Co. in Alexandria, Va., a safety inspector of the John W. Taylor Packing Co., Hallwood, Va., a former employee of MBNA, Dover, and, at the time of his death, was the administrative assistant of the Easton District of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church.
He loved his family and his friends. He respected all his co-workers in the conference. He enjoyed working with the district superintendents. He especially loved the 8:30 a.m. service at Faith Community, fresh flowers, singing in the choirs, playing the tambourine, reading a good book, football games, going shopping for bargains and sweet potato pie.
Mr. Byrd was baptized and became a member of Mount Wesley United Methodist Church at an early age. As a teen-ager, he was very active in the Snow Hill Fellowship Choir. Upon moving to Washington, he became a member of Canaan Baptist Church. When he returned to the Eastern Shore, he reunited with Mount Wesley. While living in East New Market, he fell in love with the members of the East New Market-Linkwood Charge. At the time of his death, he was in the process of transferring his membership from Mount Wesley to Faith Community United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his parents, Edgar Wilson of Philadelphia and Elaine Ayres of Dover; his stepfather, Johnny Ayres Jr. of Snow Hill ; three sisters, Patricia Byrd of Snow Hill, Paulette Doughty of Norfolk, Va., and Linda Wilson of Philadelphia; six brothers, Elwood Byrd of Upper Fairmount, Gerald Byrd of Norfolk, Ralph Byrd of Denver, Lawrence Byrd of East New Market, Edward Trader of Mappsville, Va., and Edgar Wilson Jr. of Philadelphia; two sisters-in-law, Claudette Byrd and Rosalind Byrd; a brother-in-law; maternal grandmother, Gertrude Byrd of Nelsonia, Va.; two godchildren, Jessica Byrd of Freemont, N.C., and Rhezhon Byrd of Snow Hill; a great-aunt, Madeline Barrett of Philadelphia; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other friends. He was blessed to be a member of the spiritual family of Barbara and Kenneth Harris.
Services will be noon Monday in the Hurlock United Methodist Church, Main Street, Hurlock.
Burial will be in Faith Community United Methodist Church Cemetery, East New Market.
Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home, Hurlock.
