Mary Nell Hughes Bird OBITUARY 11/28/09 Shreveport LA
Mary Nell Hughes Bird
Mary Bird
SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Mary Nell Hughes Bird, 82, of Shreveport, LA will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Centuries Memorial Chapel, Shreveport, LA. Officiating will be Rev. Mark Sutton, pastor of Brookwood Baptist Church. Interment to follow in Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mrs. Bird went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 28, 2009 after a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong resident of Shreveport, LA. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 54 years, Rudolph Bird, her parents, Ernest Hughes and Ruthie Hughes, and siblings, Ernestine Hughes, Bud Hughes, and Oma Smith.
Left to cherish her memory are daughter, Mary C. Blythe and husband Larry of The Colony, TX; son, Larry R. Bird and wife Susan of Bossier City, LA; son Kerry R. Bird and wife Karen; son D. Scot Bird and wife Teresa; son Kenneth W. Bird and wife Julie; daughter Lisa B. Bailey and husband Mitchell, all of Shreveport, LA; grandchildren John Blythe, Anika Blythe, Alicia Bird, Jennifer Bird, Kristin Bird, Brandon Bird, Christopher Bird, Jessica Bird, Caleb Bailey, Gracyn Bailey, Maria Wynne, and Melanie Wynne; sisters Helen Jackson, Betty Richardson, Ann Hinds, Sue Caldwell; brothers Robert Hughes and Shirley Hughes.
Honoring her as pallbearers will be son-in-laws, Larry Blythe and Mitchell Bailey; grandsons John Blythe, Brandon Bird, Christopher Bird, and Caleb Bailey; and close friends Dave Thompson and Justin Fairchild. Centuries Memorial
Funeral Home 318-686-4334
Published in Shreveport Times on December 1, 2009