Eulogistic Services 
FOR 
Willie [Brother] Byrd 
Sunday, July 5,1981 
3:30 P.M. 
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. MARTIN BACON, OFFICIATING 
BURIAL-NEWHOPE CEMETERY 
Register, Georgia 
HARPERS FUNERALHOME IN CHARGE 
Claxton, Georgia 
OBITUARY 
Mr. Willie (Brother) Byrd was born to the late Mr. Willie 
McCollum and Mrs. ElJen Byrd Jacobs May, 1922, in Bulloch 
County, Georgia. In his early life, he united himself with the 
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church under the pastorage of the late 
Rev. E. M. Solomon. He was married to the late Mrs. Della 
Lee Timmons Byrd. To this union, 2 children were born. He 
lived most of his life in Evans County. 
He leaves to mourn 3 sons, Michael Byrd, Claxton, 
Georgia, and Carlton Jones, U.S.A.F., England; 3daughters. 
Miss Jannis Sharp, Jacksonville, Fla.; his mother, Mrs. Ellen 
Byrd Jacobs, Claxton, Georgia: 5 sisters, Mrs. Ruby Mae 
Moody and Mrs. Eunice Quarterman, Claxton, Georgia, Mrs. 
Willie Pearl Tanner and Mrs. Stella Mae Williams, Register, 
Georgia, Miss Dorothy McCollum, Chicago, Illinois; 5 
brothers, Willis Byrd, Pembroke, Georgia; B. C. McCollum 
and Jimmie McCollum, Metter, Georgia; Willie Lee 
McCollum, Rochester, N.Y., and Earenst McCollum, Detroit, 
Michigan: 3 sisters-in-law, Mrs. Mary Lee Byrd and Mrs. Ida 
McClennon of Claxton, Georgia, Mrs. Barney Byrd, 
Pembroke, Georgia; 3 brothers-in-law, Mr. Sylvester 
Timmons, Mr. David Hampton, Claxton, Georgia, Mr. Danny 
Jones, Savannah, Georgia: 2 grandchildren, 2 uncles, 2 
aunts, a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and 
friends. 
ORDER OFSERVICES 
Processional 
Hymn 
Scripture 
Invocation .................................Rev. Kirkland 
Selection 
Choir 
Remarks (3 Minutes Please) 
As A Church Member ...............Dea. Booker T. Hagan 
As A Friend.......................Dea. Roosevelt Smith 
As I Knew Him.....................Mrs. Lillie B. Hayes 
Solo 
Mr. Mose Winn 
Acknowledgement, Cards, Telegrams, 
Obituary...........................Mrs. Avis Hagan 
Eulogy.............................Rev. Martin Bacon 
Viewing of Remains 
Recessional 
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS 
Friends of Family 
FLOWER ATTENDANTS 
Ushers From Local Churches 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family of the late Willie (Brother) Byrd wishes to 
express their thanks to their many friends and relatives for 
kindness shown them in our hour of bereavement. 
May God bless each of you is our prayer.