Gloria Lucille Byrd

Gloria Lucille Byrd, 75, of Waynesville, MO, formerly of Willisville, passed away at 4:10 a.m. Monday, January 17, 2000 at Sunset Village of the Ozarks in Waynesville, MO.
She was a homemaker and a member of Tri County Baptist Church in Willisville.
She was born May 10, 1924 at Willisville, the daughter of William Levi and Cletus Armstrong.  She married George Lyle Byrd on December 14, 1942 at Willisville and he preceded her in death on August 5, 1992.
Surviving are four daughters, Lawonna Green of Salem, Donna Welch of Waynesville, MO, Daryl Ryan of Millstadt and Sharla Welch of Rogers, Ark.; one son, Jan Byrd of Percy; one brother, Harry Thomas of Eugene, Ore.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and one sister.
Funeral services were Wednesday, April 19 at 11 a.m. at Tri County Baptist Church in Willisville with Pastor Bill Brown officiating.  Interment was in Cutler Cemetery at Cutler.
Friends were able to call from 6 until 9 p.m Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30 until 9 a.m. at McDaniel Funeral Home and then at the church until time of services.
Memorials may be made to Sunset Village.
