Arthur Lee Byrd

Arthur Lee Byrd, 78, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, widower of Lou Etta Cumbee Byrd, died on Sunday, July 28, 2019. His Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 in J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel, 1494 Mathis Ferry Road, at 10:00 AM. The burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in the Mount Pleasant Chapel on Friday, August 2, 2019 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM.

Arthur was born October 6, 1940 in Columbus, Georgia, son of the late Ralph Zebedee Byrd and the late Lamerle Honsby Byrd. He retired from the Charleston Naval Shipyard as the supervisor for the crane inspectors and later worked for the Charleston County Park Service. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve and the South Carolina National Guard. Arthur enjoyed hiking and shagging.

He is survived by his children, Russ Byrd and his wife, Sherry, of St. Marys, GA, Billy Brinson and his wife, Lisa, of Huger, SC and Cindy Cloer of Mt. Pleasant, SC; one sister, Debbie Summey and her husband, Richard, of Folly Beach, SC; brother Leon Bailey and his wife, Faye, of Griffin, GA; grandchildren, Lauren Thompson, and her husband, Justin, Joey Brinson all of Huger, SC, Christopher, Jonathan and Micheal Cloer of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Morgan and Tyler Swanson of Eau Claire, WI and five great-grandchildren, LiErin, Layne, Rayven, Molly and Nora.