Samuel Louis "Jack" Byrd

   Another name for Samuel was Jack.

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OBITUARY OF LON'S UNCLE

Lebanon -- Samuel Byrd, Lebanon resident and owner of Byrd's Nest Trailer Park, died Monday at a Portland hospotal. He was 75. Byrde was born August 2, 1913 , in Tom's Brook, Virginia and grew up there before moving to Baltimore, Maryland. He joined the U.S. Army in 1941, and was discharged in 1945. He married Elaine Mulford, May 16, 1941,in Baltimore, where they owned and operated a service station and later a restaurant. The Byrds moved to Lebanon in 1969 and to Colonial Beach, Virginia, in 1979. In February 1985 they returned to Lebanon, where they owned their trailer court. His wife survives. He was a member of Sweet Home Masons, Shriners, York Rites Lodge and American Legion in Virginia, and to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lions and Odd Fellows ( life member) in Maryland. He was also a member of the district governor of the Oregon Lions. He had been named Lion of the year for Lebanon and Previously for his Maryland club. Survining besides wife are daughters Barbara Sonberg of Joppa., Maryland and Jean Waugh of Baltimore, Maryland and two grandchildren. A Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at AAsum Funeral Home, Albany. A committal service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland.
Memorials can be made to the Oregon Lions Eye Bank.

Samuel married Living, daughter of John Harry Hayes Mulford and Florence Rose Towner.