TIMES·UNION  AND JOURNAL
	          Jacksonville, Florida 
	          Tuesday, January 24, 1984 
  
	          Thomas  A. Byrd, 59, Palatka, died Saturday at Putnam Community Hospital. The lifelong  Palatka resident was a carpenter and a veteran of World War II. 
	          
	          Surviving  are three daughters, Linda Sapp and Patricio Ann Byrd, both of Palatka and  Vanessa Faye Campbell, Interlachen; two sons, Christopher Davis Byrd and Thomas  Alvin Byrd, Jr., both of Palatka; a sister, Helen Thompson, Palatka; five  grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. 
	          
	          Services  will be at 2 p.m., today at Johnson-Davis Funeral Home with Dr. John L. Pelham  officiating. Burial will be in Pellicer Creek Cemetery.