Funeral services were held Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Sweetwater Church of God in Christ in Lena, for Miss Laquince Lashell Byrd, 40, who died Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at her residence. Elder Bobbie Henson officiated with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Miss Laquince Byrd was born to the late Belinda Byrd and Mr. Henry Payton. She was a member of Sweetwater Church of God in Christ.

She was preceded in death by one child, Dontrell Charleston; maternal grandparents, Mary and Nathaniel Byrd; two paternal grandfathers, Eloise Payton and Willie Brantley.

She is survived by four children, Quantavious Charleston, Tyroneisha Charleston, Xavier Charleston and Serenity Hutchinson; 11 siblings, Shameka Byrd, Lashunda (Jeremy) Sanders, Henry Payton, David Payton, Soloman Payton, Jeremiah Payton, Tammy Payton, Shavonna (Raphael) Chambers, Ariel Payton, Coewonda (Jeremy) McCory, Bryan Colby Beard and many other relatives and friends.