Kathryn “Kitty” Loveta Wright Byrd, 98, of Greenville, died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Monday, July 20, 2015 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kirk Watson officiating. Interment will be in Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Byrd was born in the White Rock community in Hunt County on December 20, 1916. She was the daughter of Silas Alonzo “Lon” Wright and Effie Mae Shanks Wright. She married Finis Melton Byrd on June 29, 1950 in Greenville. She was a Methodist.
Survivors include her sister, Annie Ruth Stoughton of Dumas, Texas; sister-in-law, Georgia Wright of Rockwall; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Wayland Wright, Cecil Wright, Scott Wright, Charley Wright and Earl Ray Wright; and sisters, Lonnie Mae Singleton, Margaret Lou Kirkman and Ina Faye Wright.
Pallbearers will be Joe Wright, Todd Wright, Dewayne Cogburn, John Holland, Ricky Morales and Tomas Olguin. Honorary pallbearers will be Jeff Monk, Kevin Monk, Larry Wright, Kerry Wright and Nolberto Morales.
The family would like to thank Dr. Dee McCrary and his nurse, Dena; Advanced Senior Care Home Health; Vitas Hospice Care; and Hunt Regional Medical Center E. R. staff, ICU staff and the fourth floor medical staff for their loving care.