- Minnie Evelyn Byrd, age 84, of Elizabethton, died Monday, May 7, 2007 in the Northside Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Cecil Raymond and Amanda Nidiffer Hyder. Mrs. Byrd was retired from Levi Strauss. She was a member of Siam Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold B. Lovelace; a granddaughter, Ronda M. Lovelace; four brothers, Verl, Burnett, Clay and Haskel Hyder; and a sister, Lillian Nidiffer.
She is survived by her husband, Ralph Byrd, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Rondal C. and Elizabeth Lovelace of Johnson City; a grandson, David Lovelace, and his wife, Karen, of Kingsport; two granddaughters, Rebecca Lovelace of Greer, SC and Rachel Lovelace-Worley and her husband, David, of Bluff City; three great-grandchildren, Ryan, Meghan, and Olivia Lovelace, all of Kingsport; two sisters, Lizzetta Pierce and Anna M. Singleton, both of Elizabethton; and two brothers, Jack Hyder of Elizabethton and Charles Hyder of John Day, OR. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
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1922 - 2007 (84 years)
