July 19, 1998

CHARLES L. BIRD

EAST PRAIRIE -- Charles Weldon Bird, 61, of East Prairie, died at his home Saturday, July 18, 1998. He was born July 6, 1937, at Madison, son of Ernest and Mabel Ferrel Bird. He married Nancy Ellen Moss on May 15, 1995. She survives. He lived in Mississippi County for 41 years and had been employed as a steel worker at Noranda Aluminum. He was a past member of the East Prairie Jaycees, Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce. He was Methodist...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Charles Weldon Bird, 61, of East Prairie, died at his home Saturday, July 18, 1998.

He was born July 6, 1937, at Madison, son of Ernest and Mabel Ferrel Bird.

He married Nancy Ellen Moss on May 15, 1995. She survives.

He lived in Mississippi County for 41 years and had been employed as a steel worker at Noranda Aluminum. He was a past member of the East Prairie Jaycees, Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce. He was Methodist.

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Survivors include two daughters, Cynthia Zilafro of Anderson, Ind., and Melissa Jane Prigge of Paducah, Ky.; a brother, Lucian Bird of Mexico, Mo.,; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Shelby Funeral Home Chapel in East Prairie, with Brother Jerry Willer officiating. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

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