Kent Dale Byars' Obituary
LAKEVIEW SERVICES - 2:00 pm Monday, January 6, 2014 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis with Keith Martin and Rev. Daniel Downey, officiating. INTERMENT- Lakeview Cemetery in Lakeview. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors, 1644 North 18th Street in Memphis. Kent was born November 8, 1934 in Lakeview, Texas to Virgil Goen and Marion Freel Badgett Byars. He married Bobbie Jo Welch on March 9, 1957 in Memphis. Mr. Byars had been a farmer for all his life. He had served on the board at the Lakeview school and also served on the board for the Leslie Co-Op Gin. He loved his grandkids, and especially loved watching them participate in all their various activities. He had been a lifetime resident of Lakeview and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Memphis.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY- his parents; a brother, Virgil Byars, Jr.; and by 2 sisters, Euna Bourland and Virginia Williams SURVIVORS – his wife, Bobbie Jo Byars of Lakeview; a son, Brad Byars of Lakeview; a daughter, Janet Scroggs and husband Burl of Dumas; a sister, Patsy Martin of Wellington; and by 3 grandchildren, Kendell, Kade, and Kye Byars. MEMORIALS – The family requests that memorials be to First Baptist Church in Memphis, Odyssey Hospice, or to Road Runner Home Health Care Agency in Memphis.
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