The funeral service for Geraldine Freeman Byrd will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 1, at Riverwood Family, with burial in Riverwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 12:30 p.m. until the time of the service.
Mrs. Byrd, 84, of Brookhaven, passed from this life February 23, 2025, at her residence with her family by her side. She was born in Richton, MS, on January 19, 1941, to Wallace Lowery Freeman and Lois Summers Freeman. She was a graduate of Sand Hill High School, Class of 1959.
Mrs. Byrd was a dedicated and loving wife, married to C.H. Byrd for 53 years until his death in 2012, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. First and foremost, she loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mrs. Byrd was a member of Northview Baptist Church in Brookhaven for 35 years.
She was a true example of what a Christian woman should be. She taught us all how we should walk and talk as a Christian should according to God’s Word. Mama was a quiet and simple lady. She didn’t require fancy things. She loved her family, friends, and church family. She loved to sew, quilt and tend to her flowers until she was no longer able to.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is preceded in death by her husband, C.H. Byrd; parents, Wallace and Lois Freeman; sister, Barbara Dykes; and nephew, Dana Walley.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Kelly Byrd (Roni), April Williford (Joey), Maye Sullivan (Bill), June Travis (Chris), and Stephen Byrd (Melanie); brothers, Jerry Freeman (Lois), Evon Freeman (Grace), Don Freeman (Deborah), Roger Dale Dykes; sister, Hazel Walley; eight grandchildren, Ashley Herring, Tyler Williford, Kristina Stinson, Joshua Sullivan, Austin Travis, Canon Travis, Blakeney Byrd, and Gary Byrd; 13 great grandchildren, and a host of other loving family members and friends. She is also survived by her caretaker, Sondra Smith, and her friends and nieces, Imogene Galloway and Mary Lee Byrd.
The family extends appreciation to Arden Hospice.
