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Eddie D.Bollinger


From:
Calhoun City, Mississippi
Post  Posted 16 Jul 2004 9:04 pm    
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A gentlemen in our community asked me if
Jerry Byrd and Billy Byrd are related.
I had no idea as I am of a younger generation. Anybody?



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Kenny Dail


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Kinston, N.C. R.I.P.
Post  Posted 16 Jul 2004 10:01 pm    
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Ed, I don't know either. I have been following Jerry since 1946 and I have listened to Billy Byrd with E. Tubb many many times and this question has never surfaced before. I do believe that if it were true, we old timers would have heard something to that effect by now. Maybe the "Big E" has the answer since he himself spent a lot of time working the road with The Troubedors I am sure he would know.

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Perry Hansen

 

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Bismarck, N.D.
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 4:29 am    
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ED. I met Billy at a show in Morehead, Minn years ago when he was with Cowboy Copas and I asked him that question and he said no.
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Roger Kelly

 

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Bristol,Tennessee
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 4:49 am    
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Jerry has a brother who posts on here a lot by the name of Jack Byrd.....he could tell you for sure, but I don't think Billy Byrd and Jerry are related.
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C Dixon

 

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Duluth, GA USA
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 7:15 am    
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no
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Ray Montee


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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 7:27 am    
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The question has been asked before on this same Forum..........and the answer remains the same: "NO".
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Eddie D.Bollinger


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Calhoun City, Mississippi
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 8:25 am    
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Thanks guys and I suppose this has been
pondered enough. Moderator please close this
thread.

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Eddie B.
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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 8:29 am    
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Jerry himself told me "No."
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HowardR


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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 9:55 am    
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Then perhaps maybe Jack and Billy are brothers.
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C Dixon

 

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Duluth, GA USA
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 9:59 am    
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Howard,

You are a nut!

luv ya,

carl
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Jack Byrd

 

From:
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 11:23 am    
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The answer folks is NO! I have researched our family way back into the late 1600's and haven't got out of the US to the first ones to enter the colonies. I have been working on this for over 30 years and wrote a book about our family genealogy which I had copies made for those who participated in my research and of course my siblings. I did discover a link to members of the direct line had quite a gift of music through our mothers side and it goes back quite a few generations and I belive that is where Jerry got his musical genes. None of the rest of the siblings got any that I can tell, we let him have them all.
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Al Marcus


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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 8:27 pm    
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Jack is Jerry Byrd's brother and lives in our neck of the woods in Michigan. He used to live about 2 miles down the road from my place........al

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Eddie D.Bollinger


From:
Calhoun City, Mississippi
Post  Posted 17 Jul 2004 10:48 pm    
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I'm sorry I repeated a question that has
apparently been asked to death. I will
do research next time.

Eddie
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