Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BYERS, DORSEY WAYNE September 21, 2016
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News Star World - September 23, 2016
DORSEY WAYNE BYERS

A celebration of Dorsey Wayne Byers' life will be held at 2:00 P.M., 
Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Cedar Crest Baptist Church with Dr. Greg 
Clark officiating. Visitation will be 12:00 P.M. until service time at the 
church. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens under the 
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Dorsey Wayne Byers was born on December 4, 1932 in Hope, AR and made his 
trip to Heaven on September 21, 2016. Dorsey was preceded in death by his 
parents, Orie and Opal Byers of Hope, AR; two sisters, Juanita Byers and 
Iris Jean Bohannon; two brothers, Raymond Byers and Jimmy Byers. 

He is survived by his lovely wife of 54 years, Nancy; his daughter, Beth 
Thurman and her husband, Randy of Calhoun, LA; two grandsons, Parker Thurman 
of Opelousas, LA and Davis Thurman of Calhoun, LA; two sisters, Laveta 
Norris of Lake Charles, LA and Sandra Massanelli of Hope, AR; and two 
brothers, Jerry Byers of The Villages, FL and Dubs Byers of Gould, AR. 

After graduating from high school in 1950, Dorsey joined the Navy and was 
discharged as a Second Class Petty Officer in 1955. After the Navy, Dorsey 
enrolled at Southern State College in Magnolia, AR in pre-engineering and 
graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1959 with a degree in 
Mechanical Engineering.

Dorsey worked over 55 years in the pulp and paper industry with 
International Paper Company, St. Regis Paper Company, and Ford, Bacon and 
Davis. His two priorities during his life were his Lord and his family. 
Dorsey and Nancy were involved in helping to plant 3 churches during their 
years of ministry and were involved in helping to start and serve in the 
Chinese Ministry at First Baptist Church at Monroe for over 10 years. 

A short summary of Dorsey's life could be found in Philippians 1:21 (NKJV) 
"For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA 

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