UPSON COUNTY, GA - Obits Mrs. Linda Earline Byars Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: LisaGraham32@aol.com Lisa Graham Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Thomaston Times 1971 Woman's Death Accidental Suffocation Final rites for Mrs. Linda Earline Byars, 23, were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the East Thomston Baptist Church with rev. E.C. McDaniel and Rev. Harry P. Wootan, Jr., officiating. Burial was in Mt. View Cemetery with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Byars died Tuesday morning at her residence at 319 "F" ST. from accidental asphyxiation, according to Coroner H.P. McManus. The Coroner held an inquest. The native Upsonian was employed at the Peerless Division of Thomaston Mills. Survivors include her husband, Gary E. Byars; One daughter, Kathy Byars; one son, Richard Byars; parents, Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Collins; one sister, Mrs. Sheryl Jones, one Brother, Wesley Collins; maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Earl Anthony, All of Thomaston.