Betty Lusk Byrd, age 93, of Gadsden, passed away on Tuesday September 17, 2019. Visitation for Betty will be held Friday, September 20, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM with funeral service 12:00 PM at Collier Butler Chapel. Rev. Royce Head and Vince Whittington will officiate. Burial will be at Crestwood Cemetery. Collier Butler will direct services.
Betty was a resident of Glencoe prior to moving to Gadsden. She had worked as bookkeeper for several area businesses. She was a longtime member of Glencoe First Baptist Church where she and her husband Ray served in many capacities.
She is survived by her daughter Mona Causey and Son In Law Jack Causey; Grandchildren Meridith Causey Jones (Tim) and Brackston Causey (Abbey); Great Grandchildren Ellington Ray Jones, Benjamin Dax Causey, Callie Reese Causey, Kynnedi Lynn Causey, and Knoxx Lyle Causey; sister Lurleen Smith (Harold); a host of nieces and nephews; and special friends Harriette Hundley, Wanda and Dennis Byrd, and Brenda and Allan Abney.
Betty's husbands Eugene "Ray" Lusk and William Byrd; parents Thomas Jefferson Brown, Sr. and Margaret Francis "Frankie" Brown; sisters Mary Read, Priscilla Levinson, and Doris Read; and brothers Thomas Brown, Jr and Wesley Brown precede her in death.
Pallbearers will be Tim Jones, Brackston Causey, Dax Causey, Dan Levinson, Lee Akridge, Dennis Byrd, and Allan Abney
The family would like to extend special thanks to her caregivers Joyce Self and Angelica Gaspar, as well as Encompass Hospice.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.collier-butler.com for the Byrd family.
