TIMES-UNION  AND JOURNAL 
	          Jacksonville, Florida 
	          Sunday, January 7, 1973 
              
	          MRS.  ADA BYRD 
	          
	          HASTINGS  - Mrs. Ada Byrd, 81, died Saturday, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn  Mitchell, St. Augustine; 3 sons, Earl, Elkton, Milton, DeRidder, La., and  Norman, Hastings; a sister, Mrs. Eva Langford, Hastings; 11 grandchildren, and  6 great-grandchildren. 
	          
	          Funeral  will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Mt. Olive Baptist Church with burial in Pellicer  Creek Cemetery. 
	          
	          Craig  Funeral Home is in charge.
	        
	        BYRD  – Mrs. Ada Byrd, 81, died Saturday. She is the widow of William Byrd of  Hastings. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
	          
	          Funeral  will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Hastings with the  Rev. Bert Smith, officiating. Burial will be in Pellicer Creek Cemetery.
	          
	          Friends  may call at the chapel at Craig Funeral Home from 4 p.m. Sunday until the hour  of the services.
	          
	          She  is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Mitchell, St. Augustine; 3 sons, Earl,  Elkton, Milton, DeRidder, La., and Norman, Hastings; a sister, Mrs. Eva  Langford, Hastings; 11 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
	          
	          Craig  Funeral Home is in charge.