Mr. William Byrd, age 90, of Buffalo, New York entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Buffalo General Hospital in Erie County. He was born the third child of the late Eddie Byrd Sr., and Rosalee Davis Byrd on May 14, 1932, in Newberry, South Carolina. He was a dedicated employee of Donner Hanna-Coke and retired after thirty-one years of service.

He is survived by three brothers, Aaron, Ocie, and Eddie Byrd Jr., all of Greenville, South Carolina; two sisters, Mary Terry of Bronx, New York and Lizzie (Otis) Goodwin of Buffalo, New York; a devoted companion, Mary Lane.

Public viewing will be on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from 10am-6pm in the Chapel of Beasley Funeral Home, Greenville.

Celebration of Life will be held 12 Noon, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Vaughnville Baptist Church, Chappells, South Carolina. Interment will immediately follow in the church cemetery with Masonic Rites.

The family is at 34 Thrift Street Greenville, South Carolina, the home of his brother, Ocie Byrd.

Beasley Funeral Home Inc., Greenville is in charge of arrangement Greenville.