Billy Lee Byrd, 67, of Waverly, Ohio passed away Monday, April 20, 2026 at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.  He was born May 6, 1958 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Earskell Eugene Byrd and Gracie Lillian Hicks Byrd.  On November 26, 1988 he was united in marriage to Nora Lee Tackett Byrd who survives. Also surviving are children, William (Tiffany) Byrd of Rarden, Ohio, Ashley (David McBride) of Jackson, Ohio, and Cassandra Byrd of Waverly; grandchildren, Nevaeh Bradley, Madison McBride, Riley McBride, Keiralee McBride, Harlie Hicks, Braxton Walters, Landon Byrd, Saria Adkins, Zelda Adkins, Ganon Adkins and Ava Marie Adkins; siblings, Doug Byrd, Bobby Byrd, Earskell Byrd, Paul Byrd and Patty Dunn; special nephew, Matthew Alley; and many other nephews and nieces.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Byrd; a sister, Cathy Bates; son-in-law, Harold Bradley; mother-in-law, Nora Tackett; and sister-in-law, Betty Combs.

Arrangements in care of Botkin Hornback Funeral Home in Waverly.

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