Funeral service for Mavis Ann (Fretwell) Byrd, age 86, of Decatur will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Parkway Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Mark Posey and Bro. Steve Smith officiating. Her family will receive friends for one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Midway Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Byrd, who died Sunday, July 9, 2023, at Summerford Nursing & Rehabilitation, was born March 7, 1937 in Alabama to Grady Clyde Fretwell and Dellie (Cagle) Fretwell. She was preceded in death by her parents, and three sisters, Esta B. Ledlow, Mary V. Fretwell, and Dorothy F. Braswell. Mrs. Byrd was employed by Delphi.
She is survived by her husband, Dallas Hugh Byrd; son, Lamonte Byrd (Denise); daughter, Kimberly Bennett (Neel); four grandchildren, Jason Byrd, Stephanie Hillyard (Eric), Hunter Bennett (Jennifer), and Heath Bennett (Molly); and four great-grandchildren, Lilly Hillyard, Reese Bennett, Reagan Bennett, and Ellie Bennett.
Pallbearers will be Jason Byrd, Eric Hillyard, Hunter Bennett, Heath Bennett, Kendal Ledlow, and Jerry Fagan.
