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Lola May Byrd Loth

Lola Mae Byrd Loth passed away on April 26, 2020, after a long and fruitful life of nearly 108 years. ln the end she passed quietly during the night at Specialty Health and Rehabilitation facility in Pensacola, FL while recovering from a recent hip fracture.

Wife of William Lemar Byrd, beloved mother of only son, William Garland Byrd, and cherished grandmother of Selinda Byrd Smith and Scott Lemar Byrd, she loved her family and was loved in return.

Lola was born to lda McLain Cohron and Theophlous Marvin Cohron on June 20, 1912 in Excel, Alabama. The fourth youngest child in a family of eight children, she savored memories of her childhood years in rural Alabama. She survived all of her brothers and sisters — Cecil Curtis Cohron (born 1905), Horace Rufers Cohron (born 1906), Otis Cohron (born 1908), Annie Ruth Cohron King (born 1909), Telma Winnie Cohron who died in infancy (born 1915), Maruin Etheridge Cohron (born 1918), and Bessie Ray Cohron Ward (born 1920).

After the death of her young husband at age 35, she and 13-year old Garland learned to build a life on their own in Frisco City, AL.

For a brief time, Lola relocated to Rochester, NY where she married Chuck Loth.

She later divorced and returned to her roots in the South, settling in Pensacola, FL where she lived on the same street as brother Curtis and sister Ruth and worked at J.C. Penney for approximately 17 years until she retired. For many years, until she could no longer drive, she was a faithful member of East Brent Baptist Church. Her Christian faith and her fond memories of family and “the old place” were endless sources of comfort for her.

Lola loved flowers and photographs. Her favorite color was pink. She was a talented seamstress. She loved traveling with her siblings, making trips to Oregon and Hawaii.

She was blessed with good health and “lived” history. Her life spanned from horse and buggy to modern space and air travel, from the Spanish influenza of 1918 to the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020, from World Wars I and II and the
Great Depression to current political times. She saw and lived a span of history gifted to very few.

She is survived by son, William G. Byrd and wife, Bobbie D. Byrd of Molino, FL; granddaughter, Selinda Byrd Smith and husband, Daniel L. Smith of West Linn, OR; grandson, Scott L. Byrd and wife, Tobbe Bush Byrd of Gulf Breeze, FL; great-grandchildren, Ryan L. Smith of Charleston, SC and Lauren E. Smith of Wilsonville, OR, as well as many nieces and one nephew.