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Byrd Austin Young

HURST, TX

August 22, 1939 - July 19, 2016

Byrd Austin Young Obituary

Byrd Austin Satterfield Young, aged 76, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at her home in Colleyville, Texas. Byrd was born on August 22, 1939 in Timberlake, NC, the daughter of Byrd Isaac Satterfield and Sarah Winnie Jones Satterfield. Byrd graduated from Duke University in 1961 where she met her future husband and best friend Warren Hoyle Young Jr. Byrd and Warren wed at Duke Chapel in 1962 and were married for over 53 years. They shared so many wonderful memories and cherished each day that they spent together. Byrd and Warren raised three children in Gloucester, Virginia, Warren Hoyle Young III, Kathryn Byrd Young and Jessica Wynne Young Smith before moving to Texas in 1984. Byrd enjoyed successful careers as a civil servant, teacher and real estate agent. Besides her husband and three children, Byrd is survived by her four grandchildren, Austin Hoyle Young, Ethan David Young, Madeline Kate Young, Sarah Wynne Smith and her great grandchild Tessa Kate Herrera. She is also survived by her sister and brother-in-law Mary Emily and Charles Edward Blackburn, her sister Winnie Davis Cheney, her sister-in-law and her husband Susan and Raymond I. Bruttomesso as well as numerous loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Byrd requested a private service and burial. The family wishes to thank all of those who cared for her and her family through her illness. Donations may be made to Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Hurdle Mills, NC or The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) at www.umcor.org.

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