Lillian Byrd
Posted: July 9, 2009
Graveside services for Lillian Martin “Sweetpea” Byrd were held Monday, June 29, 2009, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Brian Gordon and Rev. Carl Grubs officiating at Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian. There was no public visitation. Mrs. Byrd, 73, of Pearl, MS, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at UMC Jackson. Sweetpea, as she was known, was born Aug. 5, 1935, in Meridian to E.K. and Frances Holbrook Martin. She loved to dance, walk, tend to her plants, spend valuable time with family and friends, watch baseball and greet everyone with her wonderful sweetpea smile. She was employed with Boyte Honda and worked until Friday, June 19. A celebration of life service was held Sunday, June 28, 2009, at 2 p.m. in Pearl United Methodist Church. Survivors include her children: daughters Kathy West (Don) and Charlotte Golloway (Sunny); sons: Chuck Byrd (Sandra) and Phillip Byrd; brothers: David Lucky and Wallace Lucky (Aline); grandchildren: Katie Diggs (Wyn), Sunni Kate Moore (Jared), Sharon Bennett (Brett), Ronnie Abney, Taylor Golloway, Stephen Byrd and Callen Golloway; and great-grandchildren: Colston Bennett and Brooke Gowan and her dog, Precious. Pallbearers were Don West, Wyn Diggs, Sunny Golloway, Bret Bennett and Jared Moore. Honorary pallbearers were Joe Usry, Dewey Porter, Senior Players of 2008 Pearl Baseball team, Judge Thomas Zebert, Ben Sills, Terry Plummer, Richard Peden and New Beginning Sunday School Class. Special thanks to Christina, Fay and the MICU medical staff of the UMC.