Terry L. Byrd

HURLOCK - Terry Lee Byrd, 48, son of Edgar Wilson, Elaine Ayres, and stepson of Johnny Ayres Jr. passed away, after a brief illness on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at Deer's Head Hospital, Salisbury.

He was born Jan. 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated in the public schools of Snow Hill, Worcester County. Mr. Byrd graduated from Strayer University, Baltimore, in 1978.

He was a former field administrator of The Hartford Insurance Company in Alexandria, Va.; a Safety Inspector of the John W. Taylor Packing Co., Hallwood, Va.; a former employee of MBNA, Dover Del. and was currently the Administrative Assistant of the Easton District of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of The United Methodist Church.

He was baptized and became a member of Mt. Wesley UMC at an early age. As a teenager, he was very active in the Snow Hill Community Choir. Upon moving to Washington, D.C. 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 became associated 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 UMC.

He enjoyed fresh flowers, singing on the choirs, playing the tambourine, reading a good book, football games, going shopping for bargains, and sweet potato pie.

He is survived by three sisters, Patricia Byrd of Snow Hill, Paulette Doughty of Norfolk, Va. and Linda Wilson of Philadelphia, Pa. and six brothers, Elwood Byrd of Upper Fairmount, Gerald Byrd of Norfolk, Va., Ralph Byrd of Denver, Colo., Lawrence Byrd of East New Market, Edward Trader of Mappsville, Va. and Edgar Wilson Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa. He is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Claudette Byrd, Rosalind Byrd and one brother-in-law; a 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, Pa., and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins and other friends.

Funeral services were held noon Monday at the Hurlock United Methodist Church, Main Street, Hurlock. Burial followed in Faith Community United Methodist Church cemetery, East New Market.

Arrangements were being handled by Bennie Smith Funeral Home, Hurlock.