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CARL DOUGLAS BYRD III ENTERED THIS LIFE ON THE 28 ^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY IN 1953. HE BECAME THE THIRD OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO CARL AND ESTHER HACKETT BYRD OF CROCKETT, TEXAS.

HE BECAME A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF JONES CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH IN CROCKETT AT AN EARLY AGE. CARL WAS EDUCATED IN THE CROCKETT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PURSUED SECONDARY EDUCATION AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE IN WACO, TEXAS.

CARL WAS A COMPASSIONATE CHILD OF GOD WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS UNCONDITIONALLY. HE FOUND FULLFILLMENT AND JOY FROM STUDYING THE BIBLE AND LISTENING TO VARIOUS GENRES OF MUSIC.

ON JANUARY 29, 2018, CARL DOUGLAS BYRD III DEPARTED THIS LIFE. CELEBRATING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY IS HIS FATHER, CARL BYRD JR; MOTHER, ESTHER EULA HACKETT BYRD; SISTER, ALMEDA BYRD; BROTHER, JIM BYRD; AND NEPHEW, CARLOS BYRD.

LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES ARE HIS SISTERS, MARILYN BYRD ARLINE, CAROLYN BYRD, ESTHER BYRD ANDERSON, AND BRENDA BYRD ALL OF HOUSTON, TEXAS; BROTHER, SAMUEL BYRD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS; GREAT-AUNTS, DOROTHY (PETESY) MARIE PORTER-ADAMS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, BARBRA (MITSU) PORTER-BERRY AND ANNIE LOU PORTER-MCCULLOUGH BOTH OF CROCKETT, TEXAS; 14 NIECES AND NEPHEWS, 10 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DEVOTED, LIFE-LONG FRIEND AND BROTHER IN CHRIST, DONALD RAY WILTURNER OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.