Byrd, Marcy Horton

KILGORE -- Services for Marcy Horton Byrd, 40, of Mexia, 
Kilgore, and Laneville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 
27, 2007, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with the 
Reverend Brother Hoover officiating. Burial will follow 
in the Laneville Cemetery. Mrs. Byrd died as the result 
of an automobile accident Tuesday, January 23, 2007, in 
Farrar, Texas. She was bom February 18, 1966, in Kilgore, 
Texas. Marcy attended Kilgore public schools and was a 
graduate of Kilgore High School and Kilgore College. While 
living in Kilgore, she worked at Kilgore College, where 
she was a tutor for the Star Program. Marcy worked at 
Sandy Brooks Girls Ranch for a while. When living in 
Laneville, she had many community activities, including 
volunteering for the Laneville Fire Department and Toys 
for Tots. She continued her Toys For Tots work as she 
moved around, including the N.E.W.S. Motorcycle Club and 
Cossack Motorcycle Club. Marcy worked for McNeely Service 
Co., and she owned and operated MB Security Services. She 
enjoyed fishing,camping, all animals, particularly horses, 
and motorcycling. Her father, William D. Horton of 
Birmingham, Ala., preceded Mrs. Byrd in death. Mrs. Byrd 
is survived by her husband, Jessie Byrd of Mexia, Kilgore, 
and Lane-ville; children, Johnny and wife, Patti Byrd of 
Dumfries, Va., Jessica and husband, Justin Svetlik of 
Houston, Christopher Byrd of Mexia, Adam and wife, Tracy 
Horton of Palestine, Aaron Kearney of Benson, Ariz., and 
Brandee Kearney of Benson, Ariz.; brothers and sisters, 
Billy Horton of Kilgore, Daryll and wife, Jeanette Horton 
of Kilgore, Lorrie Doyle of Mobile, Ala., Daniel and wife, 
Linda Horton of Kilgore, USCG stationed in Jacksonville, 
Fla., Jason Driver of Tyler, Kilgore, and Longview; mother, 
Vivian Charley Driver of Tyler, Kilgore, and Longview; 
grandmother, Nady Reid of Bogata, Texas; aunt, Barbara Reid 
of Mount Pleasant; grandchildren, Mattox Byrd, Christopher 
Byrd, Zachery Byrd, and Jordan Byrd; and numerous nieces, 
nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles. The family will receive 
friends at from 6-7:30 p.m. this evening, January 26, 2007, 
at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Please leave condolences at 
www.Raderfuneralhome.com. You may also mail condolences to 
Rader Funeral Home P.O. Box 1165 Kilgore, TX 75663-1165.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/26/2007.