Carolyn Ann Byrd

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Carolyn Ann Byrd, 77, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 10, 2016, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA with Rev. Jerry Salisbury officiating. Interment will be in Hasley Cemetery.

Mrs. Byrd passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, and went to join her husband, Charles who passed away on July 25, 2016, to await the morning of the resurrection of all humanity. She was born to the Union of Arlo and Lucy Whitlock on October 15, 1938 along with her twin brother, Everett. She was raised up in the West Monroe area attending grade school at Lenwil Elementary and later graduating high school at West Monroe High. During her high school years she met and fell in love with Charles her husband to be, the love of her life. They were married on May 16, 1956 at her parents’ home in West Monroe, LA. They later had three sons, Charles Junior, Louis Ray, and Phillip Lowell Byrd.

Carolyn began her working career at Central Bank in West Monroe and soon left there to work with Merrill Lynch in Monroe, retiring after more than thirty plus years with them. During this time she and her husband Charles had a place on Antique Alley in West Monroe, buying and selling antiques, which she was an expert in and their home was furnished with such.

Carolyn was always a busy person, seeing to the needs of her family and others as well. She loved to cook for the various events that took place at her home and other places. You could never come by her house without there being something in the pot ready to eat and quite delicious. She was also a very talented organizer and decorator always willing to lend a hand at the many showers, receptions and especially in directing weddings.

Carolyn liked to be outside working in her yard caring for all the flowers and shrubs that were there. She was also a hunter and fisherwoman and enjoyed being with her family on various outings at the lake, or the hunting camp.

She was a devoted wife, caring mother and loving grandmother who will be greatly missed by her family and many relatives and friends she had.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her parents, Arlo and Lucy Whitlock, and her husband of 60 years, Charles Byrd.

Survivors include her three sons, Charles Byrd, Jr. and wife, Julie, and their four children, Amity, Kelsey, Christina, and Noah; Louis Ray Byrd and wife, Marlene, and their two children, Rachel and Louis; Philip Byrd and his three children, Jennifer, Shannon and David. She also leaves behind five great granddaughters; one great grandson; and her twin brother, Everett Arlo Whitlock of West Monroe.

Pallbearers will be Louis Byrd, Jr., David Allen Byrd, Noah Arlo Byrd, Chris Keiffer, Clyde Bass and Donnie Byars

Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday at Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe.