May 1, 2014

Graveside Services for Bobbie Ann Byrd, 73, of Picayune, Miss., who passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014 in will be held Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.

Visitation will be Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 4- 7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune, and again on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbus.

Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Columbus, under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home.

A native of Columbus, she was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. Bobbie was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed doing arts and crafts and gardening. She loved her little dog, Pennie, who brought many hours of love and devotion to her.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, Monroe Turnage and Georgia Mae Farley Turnage; and her step-mother, Onie Turnage; her grandson, Jordan Daniel Byrd; her two brothers, Marvin “Buddy” Turnage, and Tommy Clyde Turnage; and her sister, Inez Sheperd.

Survivors include: her husband, Jeff W. Byrd; her two sons, Ken Byrd and wife Heidi, and Jeffrey Alan Byrd; her two grandsons, Justin Wade Byrd, and Aaron Byrd; her brother, Rollin Monroe Turnage and wife Betty; her two sisters, Dot Shaw and husband Davis, and Carolyn Jamison and husband Terry; her sister-in-law, Judy Turnage; her brother-in-law, Tommy Sheperd; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Obituary, register book, and driving directions can be found on the internet page, www.mcdonaldfh.com.