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Contributed By: Geneva Pettit

Madison Courier

September 16, 2010

Pearl Margaret [Smith] Byrd, 86, of Sulphur, Ky., died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in La Grange, Ky.

She was born Dec. 22, 1923, in Carrollton, Ky., the daughter of Otis and Azora Jackson Smith. She was self-employed. She enjoyed flowers and tending her garden. She also enjoyed her pets, especially her cats and dogs. In early years, she enjoyed crocheting and sewing.

She is survived by three children, David W. Byrd and Delcie Powell, both of Sulphur, Ky. and Dallas Drury of Campbellsburg, Ky.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one niece.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Byrd, and her parents.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ransdell Funeral Home in Campbellsburg, Ky.

Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until the service.