Obit: Edward James Byrnes, Grant Parish Louisiana
(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies,Winn Parish, LA.)
Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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EDWARD JAMES BYRNES
December 28, 1951 Winnfield News-American 

E. J. Byrnes, 65, Dies December 21 After Long Illness

Edward James Byrnes, well known Winnfield businessman for many years, died in
a local hospital at 1:15 p.m., Friday, Dec.  21 after several years of ill
health.  He was 65 years of age, being born on October 8, 1886.

Funeral services were conducted at the family residence at 101 W. Boundary at
2 p.m.  Sunday, Dec. 23, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating.  Interment was in the Pollock, La., Cemetery under
direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Pallbearers included J. N. Sowers, A. L. Sikes, Sr., D. C. Warner, Harvey
Rhymes, J. L. Beck, C. D. Moss, Howard Tarver, Richard Heard, K. T. Egan, and
Everett Burke.

Mr. Byrnes is survived by his wife, a son, Robert C. (Bobby) Byrnes, of
Winnfield; a daughter, Mrs. Alma Byrnes Trahan, of Alexandria; a sister, Mrs.
L. T. Whitten of Memphis, Tenn., and two grandchildren.

A native of Memphis, Tenn., Mr. Byrnes moved to Winnfield in 1918 from Jena,
La., where he was a hotel and sawmill owner.  He purchased the local Ford
agency, then known as Winn Motor Company, in 1926, after being associated with
the organization for some time, and served as its manager for almost a quarter
of a century, later serving as its vice-president after its incorporation,
with his son as president and his daughter as secretary-treasurer.

He was a member of the Baptist Church and of the local Masonic fraternity,
having joined the latter in the early '20s.