Allie Mae Lassiter Byrd

Published 8:54 am Tuesday, December 7, 2010

AULANDER – Allie Mae Lassiter Byrd of Bruce Farmer Road, Aulander, NC departed this life for a better home in heaven from Roanoke-Chowan Hospital on December 5, 2010.

She was born to E. T. and Clyde Lassiter on February 2, 1921 in Nash County. She was predeceased by both parents and her husband, Jarvis Byrd.

Left to cherish her memory are her four children: Linda Byrd, Al Byrd and Brenda Lassiter and husband, Henry, all of Aulander NC; and Luther Byrd and wife, Melissa, of Kinston, NC. She is also survived by four grandchildren:  Erin Jones and husband, Kevin, of Ahoskie, NC; Megan Caton and husband, Billy, of Wilmington, NC; Jonathan Byrd and wife, Mary, of La Grange, NC, and Samantha Stanley of Kinston, NC.  Mrs. Byrd had 4 great grandchildren: Landon Whaley, Christopher Caton, Whitney Byrd, and Morgan Caton.

She has two surviving brothers, Sam Lassiter and wife, Betty, of Millennium and Jerry Lassiter and wife of Eastern Shore, VA; and two surviving widowed sisters, Rosa Parks of Suffolk, VA and Audrey Copeland of Tyner, NC.

She was predeceased by her two older brothers, Woodard Lassiter and Starkie Lassiter. Their wives Marion and Irene still survive.

Mrs. Byrd was a homemaker and was a member of the Millennium Pentecostal Holiness Church at the time of her death. Memorial donations may be made to: MPHC Building Fund, P O Box 416, Aulander, NC; or to University Health Systems Home Health and Hospice, 521 Myers Street, P O Box 72, Ahoskie, NC.

Visitation will take place at Garrett-Jones Funeral on Highway 42 west of Ahoskie on Tuesday night, December 7, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. and at other times in the home of daughter Brenda at 116 Bruce Farmer Road in Millennium.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie, NC by the Rev. Taylor Latham.  Burial will follow in the Byrd Family Cemetery near Colerain.

Family and friends may send online condolences to www.garrettjonesfh.com

Garrett-Jones Funeral Home is serving the Byrd family.