John Byrd

John retired as Director from the NC State Crime Laboratory in July of 2019 with over 33 years of service and retired as a Brigadier General from the NC National Guard in December 2017 with over 36 years of service to our State and Nation. John has served as a musician and music leader for over 20 years, and has played in or directed two community handbell choirs at Louisburg United Methodist Church for over fifteen years. John is married to Lisa Harris Byrd and lives in Spring Hope, NC. He has three daughters and sons-in-law, Erin & Brandon, Meredith & Besweri, and Sarah Madison & Caleb, two grandsons, Ezra and Parker, and a granddaughter, Isla.