Thomas Ivy "Tommy" Baird

Thomas Ivy “Tommy” Baird BIRTH 4 Nov 1940 Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA DEATH 13 Jul 2014 (aged 73) Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA BURIAL Chickasaw Memorial Gardens Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA MEMORIAL ID 132743323 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 1 N.E. MS. DAILY JOURNAL TUPELO, MS MONDAY, JULY 14, 2O14

TOMMY IVY BAIRD

HOUSTON – Thomas Ivy Baird, 73, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, at his home in Houston. He was born November 4, 1940, in Houston to Ivy Walker Baird and Nora Estelle McKinney Baird. He was a twenty year U.S. Air Force Veteran, retiring as a Master Sergeant. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Houston.

The funeral service will be Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Houston with Rev. Daniel Heeringa officiating. Burial with military rites, will follow at Chickasaw Memorial Gardens in Houston. Houston Funeral Home of Houston is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include his sons, Lee Baird (Helen) of Columbia, S.C., Gene Baird (Denise) of Melbourne, Ark.; his sister, Sue Pemper (Frank) of Houston; his grandchildren, Erin Lee Baird Holley of Sumter, S.C., Mary Lorraine Baird House of Lexington, S.C., Kathleen ""Katy"" Baird Gillihan of Searcy, Ark., Derek Baird, Kristin Baird, Kari Baird, and Kelsey Baird all of Melbourne, Ark.; his great-grandchildren, Joey Holley and Andrew Holley.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo Gann Baird on May 29, 2010; and his parents.

Pallbearers are Ricky Duncan, Jason Davis, Keith Baird, Lamar Beaty, Glenn Gann, and Bobbie Gann. Honorary pallbearers are Hubert Gann and William F. Gann.

Visitation will be today, July 14, from 5 until 7 p.m. at Houston Funeral Home.

Friends and family may leave a message at houstonfuneralhomems.com. .

Published in Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on July 14, 2014

Family Members Parents Photo Ivy Walker Baird 1903–1975

Photo Nora Estelle McKinney Baird 1909–1999

Spouse Photo Mary Jo Gann Baird 1942–2010

Siblings Photo Andrew Wesley Baird 1929–2009

Photo Emma Sue Baird Pemper 1937–2015

Children Photo Timothy Joe Baird 1965–1965

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