Hassel Byrd, Sr.

ANDERSON- Hassel Allen Byrd, Sr., 84, of 9894 NC 62 S, died Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a week of failing health. A native of Caswell County, he was the son of the late Drewry Allen Byrd and the late Vera Walker Byrd and was married to the late Louisa Foster Blacknall Byrd who died in 1994. Mr. Byrd was a longtime farmer in Caswell County and he graduated as the Validictorian of Anderson High School in 1939, was a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific Theatre, and graduated from North Carolina State University in 1947. He was a charter member of the Southern Caswell Ruritan and was on the Founding Board for the Piedmont-Triad Farmers Market. Mr. Byrd is survived by a daughter, Charles Anna Ribelin and her husband, Paul, of Vinton, VA; three sons, Hassel A. Byrd, Jr. and his wife, Dianne, of Burlington, David Byrd and his wife, Bonnie, of Anderson, and Steven Byrd and his wife, Kelley, of Summerfield; eleven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Wilma Boone of Burlington and Margaret Byrd of Winston-Salem; and two brothers, Harry Byrd of Browns Summit and Levi Byrd of Pittsboro. He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two sisters, Clara Pope and Edna Byrd; and two brothers, Wilbert Byrd and Roy Byrd. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 8, 2006 at Bethel United Church of Christ by the Rev. Homer Frye and the Rev. Walstein Snyder. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 Saturday afternoon at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and other times at the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215 or to the Southern Caswell Rurtian, c/o Ervin Miles, 2972 Cherry Grove Rd., Yanceyville, NC 27379 Condolences may be sent to the family at info@lowefuneralhome.com