Carolyn Phyllis Byrd Chambers

Carolyn Phyllis Byrd Chambers, age 81 of Oneida, TN went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the Oneida Nursing and Rehab Center.

She was born on July 9, 1944, to the late James Ernest Byrd, Sr. and Sylbia Byrd.

Carolyn was a member of the Norma Baptist Church and was a very spiritual person and strong in her faith. She loved going to Sunday School and Church. She enjoyed singing all her life and especially in church. She was a loving sister, aunt and friend. She will be sadly missed.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Sylbia Byrd; siblings, Wilba Jean Byrd, Ondria Ruth Byrd, Muriel (Muri) Byrd, Althea Barringer, Patricia Barrett, Marjorie Bond, Virgie Hutson, James Ernest Byrd, Jr.; loving husband, Cleo Chambers.

She is survived by her sister, Venna West of Knoxville, TN; brothers, Marvin Byrd and wife Joyce of Chatsworth, GA, Ledford Byrd and wife Ada of Huntsville, TN. Carolyn also leaves many nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and church family.

A special thank you to Oneida Nursing and Rehab Center, Quality Hospice Care and all the special drivers from ETHRA. Also, a special thank you to the members of Mount Zion United Baptist Church for their assistance in transportation so she could enjoy worship with them. A special thank you to John and Amy Kirby and family for all their caring help over the years.

Friends may visit with Carolyn’s family on Monday, July 28, 2025 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home. Funeral service will be on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 1 p.m. at Norma Baptist Church with Rev. James Pennington and Rev. Dewayne Lawson officiating. Music will be provided by Jimmy and Sarah Byrd.

Committal service will follow in the Byrd-Rector Cemetery in Straight Fork, TN. Serving as pallbearers: Rev. Jeffery Boyatt, Curtis Jeffers, Dillis Chambers, Mert Adkins, James Vernon Byrd, Melvin Byrd, Ted Adkins.

West-Murley Funeral Home is serving the family of Carolyn Phyllis Byrd Chambers.

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