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| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]
| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]
| religion=[[Christianity|Christian]]
| alma_mater=C.E. Byrd High School (1949-1950)<br>
| alma_mater=C.E. Byrd High School (1949-1950)<br>
Fair Park High School (1951-1953)<br>
Fair Park High School (1951-1953)<br>
| spouse=(1) Patricia Ann "Pat" Hood Byrd (married 1965-2001, her death)<br>
| spouse=(1) Patricia Ann "Pat" Hood Byrd (married 1965-2001, her death)<br>
(2) Barbara Crouch Copeland Byrd (married 2003-2016, his death)}}
(2) Barbara Crouch Copeland Byrd (married 2003-2016, his death)}}
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}}
}}
Stanley Ray Tiner (born 1942), a former editor of ''The Shreveport Journal'' who later for many years edited ''The Sun Herald'' on the [[Mississippi]] Gulf Coast, once described Byrd as “one of the great treasures of North Louisiana.” The occasion for Tiner's remarks was the Jerry Byrd Roast benefiting [[Special Olympics]] and the Shreveport Track Club.<ref name=services/> Grieved over Byrd's passing, Shreveport sports legend Terry Bradshaw said that he "loved" the sportswriting legend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/2016/04/23/terry-bradshaw-says-he-loved-byrd/83417522/|title=Terry Bradshaw says he 'loved' Byrd|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref>
Stanley Ray Tiner (born 1942), a former editor of ''The Shreveport Journal'' who later for many years edited ''The Sun Herald'' on the [[Mississippi]] Gulf Coast, once described Byrd as “one of the great treasures of North Louisiana.” The occasion for Tiner's remarks was the Jerry Byrd Roast benefiting [[Special Olympics]] and the Shreveport Track Club.<ref name=services/> Grieved over Byrd's passing, Shreveport sports legend Terry Bradshaw said that he "loved" the sportswriting legend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/2016/04/23/terry-bradshaw-says-he-loved-byrd/83417522/|title=Terry Bradshaw says he 'loved' Byrd|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref>
Byrd, who was a [[Christianity|Christian]],<ref name=nicovt/>, died of natural causes at the age of eighty. He will be interred on April 25, 2016, at Sharon Cemetery<ref name=osbornf/> in eastern Claiborne Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=41832001&CRid=68945&|title=Sharon Cemetery|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 24, 2016}}</ref>
Byrd, who was a [[Christianity|Christian]],<ref name=nvthyn/>, died of natural causes at the age of eighty. He will be interred on April 25, 2016, at Sharon Cemetery<ref name=osbornf/> in eastern Claiborne Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=41832001&CRid=68945&|title=Sharon Cemetery|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 24, 2016}}</ref>
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==References==