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Mattie Lee Byrd Cawood July 11, 1974 
Bell County KyArchives Obituaries 
Middlesboro Daily News, Bell County, Kentucky - 16 July 1974 
MATTIE LEE BYRD CAWOOD--- 
Mrs. Mattie Lee Byrd Cawood, age 78, of Bellwood Road, Middlesboro, passed 
away Thursday, July 11, 1974, in the Claiborne County (Tennessee) Hospital.  
She was born March 13, 1896, in Hancock County, Tennessee, the daughter of the 
late William Campbell Byrd and Sarah "Sally" Borman Byrd.  She was married to 
John Cawood, Sr., on September 7, 1914, and would have been married 60 years 
in September.  A longtime resident of Middlesboro, Mrs. Cawood was a member of 
the Binghamtown Baptist Church.  
She was preceded in death by three children, Claude, Eldora and Randolph.  
Survivors include her husband, John Cawood, Sr., of Middlesboro; one son, John 
Cawood, Jr., of Middlesboro; one daughter, Mae Bundren of Pleasant Hill, 
Missouri; two sisters, Mary Ely of Middlesboro and Jenny Leedy of Trenton, 
Michigan; one brother, Doyle Byrd of Middlesboro; nine grandchildren and 13 
great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, at the Binghamtown 
Baptist Church, with the Rev. W. B. Bingham officiating.  Music will be by 
Jimmy Jackson, accompanied by Barbara Taylor.  Burial will be in the 
Middlesboro Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 
PM, Saturday, at the Cawood Funeral Home.  
Cawood Funeral Home was in charge. 



Submitted by: Pat Akers Lacy 
eplacy@worldnet.att.net 



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