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| death_date=April 21, 2016 (aged 80)
| death_date=April 21, 2016 (aged 80)
| death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana
| death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place'''=Sharon Baptist Cemetery in Claiborne Parish
Sharon Baptist Cemetery in Claiborne Parish
| occupation=[[Journalist]]:<br>
| occupation=[[Journalist]]:<br>
''[[Shreveport Journal]]''<br>
''[[Shreveport Journal]]''<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)
}}
}}
'''Jerry Barksdale Byrd, Sr.''' (October 4, 1935 – April 21, 2016), was a legendary [[journalism|sportswriter]] for the now defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He covered sports for the newspaper from May 29, 1957, beginning the morning after his graduation from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He remained with ''The Journal'' under two different long-term publishers, [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]], and [[Charles T. Beaird]], until the paper ceased daily operations on March 30, 1991.
'''Jerry Barksdale Byrd, Sr.''' (October 4, 1935 – April 21, 2016), was a legendary [[journalism|sportswriter]] for the now defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He covered sports for the newspaper from May 29, 1957, beginning the morning after his graduation from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He remained with ''The Journal'' under two different long-term publishers, [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]], and [[Charles T. Beaird]], until the paper ceased daily operations on March 30, 1991.