Ellis Byrd Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Ellis Byrd of Batesville, Mississippi, born in Lexington, Mississippi, who passed away on October 24, 2023, at the age of 81, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Victor B. Byrd and Annie May Wigley Byrd of Lexington; his former wife Elizabeth Brame Byrd; his brother Walter Cale Byrd; his son Brame Garner; and his grandparents, Walter Josh Wigley, Nan Wigley, Caleb Hezekiah Byrd and Fannie Watt Fryer Byrd.
He is survived by: his children, Ernest Levi "Lee" Garner III (Beth) of Batesville and Ann "Whit" Whitten Byrd Bright (Shane) of Nesbit, MS.; his grandchildren, Ernest Levi Garner IV, Miles Whitten Garner, Sloan Elle Garner, Brame Garner II (Jordan), McKinley Carter Garner, Preston Shane Bright and Ainsley Elizabeth Bright; his sisters, Bernice Byrd Brooks of Starkville, MS and Hazel Byrd McBride (Jimmy) of Winona, MS; his siblings-in-law, Wesley Whitten Brame of Batesville and Anne Downing Byrd; and his nieces, Susan Cockerell (Kevin), Annice Jenkins (Rob), Rebecca Patterson (Chism), Cindy Wilson (Keenan) and Carol Short (Frank).
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford via https://donorbox.org, or 120 Veterans Dr. Oxford, MS 38655; or to Batesville First Methodist Church, P.O. Box 797, Batesville, MS.
