Chad Curt Twyford, 26, son of Larry and Susie Marie Franklin Twyford, was born Dec. 24, 1981, at Longview, Texas. He died Sept. 19, 2008, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at Lake Charles, La.
He attended Mount Vernon grade and junior high and moved with his family to Houston.
He worked as a carpenter with his father. He was working as a pipe fitter and iron worker at Turner Industries.
He enjoyed mechanical work and on trucks and cars. His favorite pastime was hunting, fishing and playing pool.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Ethel Franklin; and paternal grandparents, Floyd and Flossie Twyford.
Surviving are his parents of Cabool; three brothers, Jason Twyford of Cabool, Trevor Twyford of Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Ted Twyford of Jacksonville, N.C.; one sister, Laura Twyford of the home at Cabool; and fianc/e, Tabitha Smith, and her daughter, Natasha.
Services were Sept. 27 at the Bradford Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Steelman officiating. Burial was in the Union Chapel Cemetery at Eunice.
