Miss Elaine Byrd

Elaine Byrd, 60, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the home of her niece, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Mary Elaine Byrd was born August 5, 1953 in West Point, Mississippi to the late Mary Ellen May Byrd and Oliver Carroll Byrd. Elaine served as pianist of Petal Presbyterian Church in Petal, MS. She was a piano professor at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. She loved traveling with family, arts & crafts and anything to do with music. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 14, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at West End Baptist Church with the Reverend Ken Ribelin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery West Point, Mississippi. The body will lie at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include two brothers, Tommy Byrd (Ann) of Biloxi and Wayne Byrd (Karen) of Quitman; her nieces Carol Ann Simmons (Robi), Christy Vacchio (Dan), Shannon Byrd (Chris); her nephews Ronald Byrd (Tessa) and Tommy Byrd and a host of loving family and friends. Pallbearers will be Keith May, George Parker, David May, Gregg Wamble, Robert Young, and Robert Simmons Memorials may be made to William Carey University Music Department, 498 Box 14, Tuscan Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. Visitation will be Friday 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home