Kenneth Poe Funeral Services

October 21, 2022

KERSHAW, SC- Hoyt “Charlie” Charles Byrd Jr. passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022.  He was born on June 28, 1931 in Lancaster County, SC, son of Hoyt Charles Byrd, Sr. and Ruth Holden Byrd.

Charlie graduated from Flat Creek High School in Lancaster County.  He enlisted in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Lackland Airforce Base in San Antonio, TX, Cheyenne, WY where he attended communications school and Middleton, PA for air traffic controller school.  Charlie was also stationed at Andrews Airforce Base in Maryland, Argentina and Newfoundland.  After being honorably discharged from the military he returned home and attended the University of South Carolina.

Charlie worked for Duke Power in Charlotte, NC, D.W. Flowers and Son’s Grading Company and Dickerson in Monroe and Linebarger.  He then bought The Dollar Rent A Car franchise in Charlotte, NC.  Charlie retired from James McWhirter in Mint Hill, NC as an estimator in 2004.   He was a member of Woodmen of the World and the American Legion and served on the board of Foresters for Lancaster County.  Charlie joined Taxahaw Baptist church in Taxahaw, SC as a young boy where he eventually became a deacon, loving his faith and his church. 

Charlie is survived by his wife of fifty-six and a half years, Rosa (Rose) Barnes Patterson Byrd whom he loved dearly and felt blessed to have as a soulmate; daughter, Theresa Byrd Davis Morgan; grandchildren, Roxanna Patterson, Kathy Lynn Mackison, Millicent Dawn McAtee and her husband, Darin and Shawn Davis and his wife, Shelly; great-grandchildren, Ruth Sandra McAtee, Patrick Allen McAtee, Phillip Charles McAtee, Lilly Rose McAtee, Abigail Rose Patterson, Phillip Scott Patterson, Logan Davis and Preston Davis.  He was predeceased by his grandson, Rodney Scott Patterson; stepson, Bobby Street Patterson II; siblings, Annie Ruth Byrd, William Robert Byrd, Jean Byrd Wallace and Margaret Lynn (Peggy) Artman.

Funeral Services for Charlie will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 28, 2022 at Pritchard at South End in Charlotte, NC.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.  Interment will follow at 3:00 PM in Byrd Family Cemetery in Taxahaw, SC.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered in memory of Charlie to Pritchard at South End, 1117 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28203 or Taxahaw Baptist Church, 1734 Overbrook Road, Kershaw, SC 29067 or Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, 7845 Little Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28226.

Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC; 28204 (704) 641-7606. Online condolences can be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.