December 23, 2024, 88, Mount Olive —

Irma Mae Byrd Dudley, 88, reunited with the love of her life, her husband James on the anniversary of their wedding on December 23, 2024. She passed peacefully at her home with her family by her side. She is survived by her three daughters; Dianne D. Williams of Faison, Janet D. Turner and husband Cary, of Mount Olive, and Rhonda D. Myers and husband, Ray of Mount Olive; four grandchildren, Tracy Cruse and husband Aaron, Jennifer Merrill and husband Alma, Michelle Bradshaw and husband William, and Joshua Williams; eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Along with her husband James, Irma was preceded in death by her parents; John Wesley and Ellen Bell Byrd; her son, Craven Dudley; sisters Clypstine Ohlemacher, and Doris Sessoms; two brothers, J W Byrd, Jr., and Dennis Byrd; and a son in law, Jimmy Williams. Mrs. Irma was also a special Aunt or “Ma” to several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 27, at 10 o’clock in the morning in the chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home. A private burial will follow the service, and friends are welcome to call on the family at the home of Mrs. Irma on Hwy 403, just outside Mount Olive. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rones Chapel Church or to a charity of one’s choice.

The family would like to thank Nikkie Wolfe and Jamie Toler of Gentiva Hospice, and Buffie Niebauer for the care they received for their mother.