NEWS: Maloy C. Byrns, 1996, Hart Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Submitted by Edith Bastin, Email Registry ID# Date: 30 Aug 2002 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************* From the Hart Co. News, Munfordville, KY MALOY C. BYRNS, Kessinger, A Poet of Distinction, Dies In Late September Her Frequent Poems Were Joy to Readers Word has just come to this newspaper of the death of beloved correspendent and poet of distinction, Maloy Carwell Byrns, of the Kessinger community. (It is with deep regret that we failed to learn of her death in the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Sept. 29 - else we would have carried a complete obituary and tribute at that time.) Although it is now late, we of the staff grew to know and love Mrs. Byrns - as did many of you - through the rhymthical beauty and incisive perception of her poetry which we frequently published in these columns, so we take this means to publish the facts of her death. Maloy Carwell Byrns, 73, a native of Georgia but a long-time resident of Kessinger, Hart County, passed away in a Louisville hospital Sept. 29, folowing declining heath of about a year's duration. Her parents were the late Robert and Della Carwell. She is survived by her beloved husband, Lennie Byrns; two sons, Keith and Gene Byrns, Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Ermis Wilson, Cave City; Mrs. Grace Mercer and Mrs. Gladys Heizer, Louisivlle, and three brothers, Garth and Noel Carwell, Louisville, and Ivan Carwell, with the Air Force in Illinois. Final rites were held at a Louisville Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery there. NOTES BY Edith Presley Bastin: She lived in a house on the corner of Hwy 88 & John Logsdon Rd. The house was propped up with poles for 40 years or more. It was a tall house that shook violently during storms. The poles rotted out after many years, and the house still stood.