COURTNEY DALE BYRD (Son of Jesse Byrd) - and STOCKTON FAMILY Mr. Chambers, I happened on your article and was
fascinated to read about my dad's history.
My daddy was Courtney Dale Byrd.
His dad, he and his sisters referred to as "Pa Jess", and I
was told owned Byrd's Store in Cross Cut. My
grandmother was Charlottle Ellen Pearl Stockton, and married my grandfather
after her husband died. (He was a My dad and mother, Charlotte Arlene
Passow Byrd (she is from Redrock, Oklahoma),
owned and ran a flower shop in Perry Oklahoma until dad became ill and
disabled from cancer, and they lost all they had and moved to Amarillo, Texas,
where he died at theVA hospital in 1991, April 4th. He is buried in Perry Oklahoma at His sisters, Elva Bracelin, Bernice Franklin, and Faye
Stephens, are all deceased. The girls and my Granny are all buried at My mother is living with my brother
Larry Dale Byrd in Enid Oklahoma. Elva
has a daughter Garrilynne Rainwater living in Bernice’s son, Wayne Reed Balcum
has a family and I believe he is in I live in My dad was only 12 when his dad
died, I think of old age. Anyway, I
thought you might like to know where some of the branches of this little Thanks for Remembering, Dianna Lynne Byrd Cherb - dianna_cherb@yahoo.com |