Katherine Beatrice Byrd

ASHEVILLE - KATHERINE BEATRICE BYRD, 88, OF 311 SUMMIT STREET, DIED APRIL 15, 2001 AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME. MRS. BYRD WAS A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND RESIDED THERE FOR MOST OF HER LIFETIME. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE E.D. STEWART AND LOTTIE LEE MILLER STEWART. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, THOMAS G. BYRD, HER SON, THOMAS W. BYRD, AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE HER THREE SISTERS, DESSIE JONES OF ASHEVILLE, NORA BALLARD OF VIRGINIA, AND PAULINE WISE OF OKLAHOMA; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNEREAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. MACK O.H. WHITE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 8:30 PM TUESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.