Byrd, Orren

Graveside services for Orren E. Byrd, Sr., 90, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church with visitation to follow at the church. The Rev. Patricia Warden and the Rev. Dr. Gary Colboch will officiate and Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. Mr. Byrd, widow of Jennie Howle Byrd, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Born in Florence Co., SC, he was a son of the late Edward Jerry and Beulah Dukes Byrd. He was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and was retired from Sonoco after 42 years of service. Surviving are his sons, Orren E. Byrd, Jr. of Hartsville, SC, Hal V. Byrd of Hartsville, SC; grandchildren, Ryan K. Byrd, Robin G. Smith, Amanda Harrell; great-grandchild, Chesney Brown; sisters, Elizabeth B. Watson of Florence, SC, Jewel B. Sharron of Greenville, SC; brother, Gary Lanier Byrd of Hartsville, SC.