Rita Aline Bird, 73, passed away January 30, 2014 at her home. Graveside service: 2:00pm Monday, February 3, 2014 at Bourland Cemetery. Rita was born July 2, 1940 to Nicholas James and Ella Fay Russell Pulliam in Keller, Texas. Rita enjoyed her family and being around them as much as she could. She had many hobbies, but she loved to read, play computer games, card games and surf the internet and travel most of all. Even if traveling was just getting into the truck with daddy and going for a drives. You never knew where they would end up. Survived by her husband of 57 years, Franklin "Buddy" Bird; brothers James and Henry Pulliam; sons, Danny Bird and his wife, Rebekah, Guy "Eddy" Bird and his wife, Debbie, and Tim Bird and his wife, Cathy; daughters, Margaret Motley and her husband, Rick, and Penny Lindsay; grandchildren: David , Kristina,Tyler , Tim,Jamie, Jennifer,Chris, Dustin, Deanna,Spencer, Gladella, Misty,Andy, Leslie, Karin, Jon, Cassidy, Scott, Tamara, Edwin, Caitlyn,Cameron, Joshua, Ashley, Nickolas; great- grandchildren: Trevor, Chyanne, Joel, Blaze, Zane, Chloe, Nathan, Payton, Sophia, Amelia, Elloise, Daniel, Luis, Corey, Jackson, Brandon, MIchael, Madelyn; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends. Loved ones who have gone before, her father, NJ Pulliam, mother Ella Fay Pulliam, Brother "Bill" Pulliam, sister Gladella Ward.
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