Ellna Pitts Byrd

January 1, 1900 - August 20, 2003

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Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home-Big Spring

Saturday 8/23, 10:00 am

Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home

3800 N. Big Spring St

Midland, Texas 79705

Friday 8/22, 10:47 am

Ellna Pitts Byrd, 93, of Big Spring, died on Wednesday, August 20, 2003, in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel, Big Spring, with Chaplain Joe Torres of Home Hospice, officiating. Entombment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park Mausoleum. She was born on January 23, 1910, in Lancaster, Texas and married Alex Clifford Byrd on August 25, 1930 in Durant, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on May 25, 1994. She came to Big Spring in 1945 from Clayton, New Mexico. Mrs. Byrd worked as a nurse for 40 years, retiring from Hall-Bennett Hospital. She received her pilot's license at the age of 55. She loved to fly and to ride motorcycles. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Bobby McDonald of Big Spring; one son and daughter-in-law, Leon and Cheryl Byrd of Austin; four grandchildren, Andy Duncan of Branden, Mississippi; Dana Duncan of Midland, Cydni Manning of Temple; and Russell Byrd of Austin; three great grandchildren and one brother, Howard Pitts of Plano. The family suggests memorials to: Home Hospice, 600 Gregg, Big Spring, Texas 79720. The family will receive friends from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at the funeral home. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com.,