She started her life on the family farm near the former community of Rishton, not too far from Pelion, South Carolina. She grew up in overalls working the farm, picking cotton and working mules. She started school in the second grade and graduated from Fairview High School in the 11th grade. She graduated from USC. She started her teaching career in Branchville, SC, and then married her WWII and Korean War Navy man, George Lewis Byrd. She taught at schools on many military bases including Morocco and ending in Beaufort, SC. She then taught at Brookland-Cayce High School for many years where she was the head of the Math Department. She started church at Florence Baptist, near Pelion, then became a member of West Side Baptist for over 50 years.
She is survived by her two children, Forrest Steven Byrd (Ann) and Jenny MacDougall (James); granddaughter, Crystal Blume (Troy); great-grandchildren, Grayson, Ashton and Easton Blume; grandson, Forrest Steven Byrd II (Carrie); great-grandchildren, Grady, Adalyn and John William H. Byrd (Amber); great-great-granddaughter, Braelyn Byrd; grandsons, Jason, James (Salina) and Justin MacDougall; great-grandchildren, Connor, Holly, Aaron, Mya and Carsyn MacDougall as well as her brother, Adger Hampton Dunbar.
Visitation will be held from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, West Columbia Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens.
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