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John James Marshall worked with Byrd on the sports desk of ''The Shreveport Journal'' for a decade. He recalled, "You never knew what would happen when the boss walked into the room. He might break out into a song or slam down the phone on some college coach. He was a walking encyclopedia and was a mentor, a father-figure, to me."<ref name=jwatson/>  

John James Marshall worked with Byrd on the sports desk of ''The Shreveport Journal'' for a decade. He recalled, "You never knew what would happen when the boss walked into the room. He might break out into a song or slam down the phone on some college coach. He was a walking encyclopedia and was a mentor, a father-figure, to me."<ref name=jwatson/>  

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 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=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>

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>