Mrs. Myria Laruth Byrdsong

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Service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Lake Bethlehem B.C.,  Interment will follow at Greenwood Memorial Garden Cemetery.  Open visitation  will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Friday at Heavenly Gates.

On Monday, July 5, 1948, God showered George and Ola Mae Birdsong in Greenwood, LA with their 12th child, a baby girl named Myria Laruth, named after her father’s sister Myria in Denver, Colorado. Myria was a joyful child and learned to sing at an early age.  She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at Old Greenwood Baptist Church on Wednesday night, July 15, 1959 under the leadership of Rev. Sam Price.  On Sunday morning, August 2, 1959, Myria was baptized in Tucker’s Pond across the road from where we lived and fished a many day after school.  The first Sunday in August was better known as “Big Day”. Myria looked forward to Big Day every year so she could have the double dip ice cream cones and eat delicious food.  She participated faithfully in Sunday School, BTU, BYPU, Youth Department,  and Choir.

Myria attended Walnut Hill High School, Class of 1966.  She kept in constant contact with her classmates and loved visiting them and the elderly.  Ella Mae Lee was her best friend who she visited frequently in Keithville. She had a big heart and did as the Bible commanded seeing to the needs of others, never putting herself first. We use to tease her that the motor of her car never cooled off until at night. Her career with Caddo Parish Schools led her to Linear School on the Cooper Road for many years. After retiring , she was a child caregiver.  Her greatest and most memorable days were spent with Coco Hudson and her 3 boys. She loved Coco so deeply and spoke proudly of her boys all the time.

Myria was blessed to marry her high school sweet heart , Roy Matthew Lawson in 1966.  As a military couple, they traveled to many destinations through out the USA and Germany.   To this union four boys were born. Roy Matthew Jr, Felix DeWayne, John Fitzgerald, and Myron. She was a loving and kind mother to her boys, never finding faults in them, always lifting them up, and loved them beyond measure. She never missed a birthday singing Happy Birthday to each one.  She always called her daughter-in-laws, DAUGHTER.

On Tuesday morning, 1:30 am, at Willis Knighton South Medical Center, Myria answered her call from labor to reward. Awaiting her reunion in heaven was her mother and father, seven (7) brothers, George Edward, Robert James, Huey Pierce, William, Martin Earl, Lewell Curney, and Albert Sr.

Forever cherishing her life filled with memories are her four sons:

Roy Matthew Jr. (Mitsy) of Villa Rica, Georgia; Felix DeWayne Lawson Sr.(Cassandra) of Wesley Chapel, Florida; John Fitzgerald ( Zangela) of  Haughton, LA; and Myron of Shreveport, LA.;

2 brothers; Solomon Birdsong Sr. (Shreveport); Maurice  (Yvonne) of Glendale, AZ;

3 sisters; Mary Lou Birdsong of Los Angeles, CA; Josephine Robinson (John) and Ardinia Fredrick of Greenwood, LA;

15 Grandchildren: Jessica Johnson of Dallas, TX; Shamonica Houser(Donnie) of San Antonio, TX; Felix Lawson, Jr.(Lacie) of Ohio; Darnell Morton(Jodie) of Shelby, NC; Darrell Cornell Johnson of Orlando, FL; San’Drella Dunham(Wilkeem) of Jacksonville, FL;  Sha’Maya Lawson(Anthony Barnes) of Jacksonville, AR; Christina Morton Lawson of Wesley Chapel, FL; Johntrel Lawson of Shreveport, LA, Myron II, and Myron Cornell Lawson of Shreveport, LA; Jheronycka Vance(Johnny); ShaMyria, JKayla, and John Fitzgerald, II Lawson all of Shreveport, LA

10 Great Grandchildren: Landyn and Laiylah Vance of Shreveport, LA; David Houser of San Antonio, TX; Deighton Morton of Shelby, NC, Chasity, Charity, and Chanise Dunham of Jacksonville, FL, Ayanna Barnes of Jacksonville, AR, Mykel and SaMyria Lawson of Shreveport, LA.

5 Stepdaughters: Deborah Terry, Carolyn, Charlotte, Mary Washington, and Henrietta Harris of Shreveport, LA.

God-Daughters: Sherri Harris, Terri Jenkins, Stephanie Williams and LaShonda Davis; God-Son – Eddie Ford, Jr.  A friend and sister forever - Coco  Hudson and her 3 sons; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins galore.  May we all live out her favorite saying in song ………..”Only what you do for Christ will last”.

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