Biography
 
     Married July 21, 1961 to Curtis Edgar Byrd, Biloxi, MS.  Federal career began with Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 1/4/ 1971 and ended May 12, 1997 with transfer to Armed Forces Retirement Home, Gulfport, MS.  Retired 1/2/2004 with 33 years 7 months of service.  Retired as Contracting Officer in Acquisition and Materiel Management Service at the Retirement Home.  Have four children, (Alan, Russell, Karl and Martha) and eight grandchildren.  Living the easy life playing golf, reading, traveling, etc. since I retired. 
     Husband retired from CSX Railroad System in Feb. 1997 and was raised in Biloxi, MS.  We have lived in Ocean Springs since we married in 1961.