Obituaries: Edward James Byrnes, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 27, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Final Rites For E. J. Byrnes, 65, Held On Sunday

Edward James Byrnes, 65, prominent retired Winnfield businessman, died Friday,
December 21, 1951 in a local hospital of a heart attack suffered Wednesday.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the family residence in Winnfield, with
Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the Winnfield First Baptist Church, officiating. 
Burial was in Pollock Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers.

Pallbearers were 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, a native of Memphis, Tenn., had been in Winnfield for the past 30
years.  He was a charter member of the Board of Directors of First Federal
Savings and Loan Association and had been one of the vice-presidents of the
organization since its beginning.  He was vice-president and founder of Winn
Motors, Inc., Ford dealer here, at the time of his death.  He started in the
Ford business in Winnfield in 1923.

Mr. Byrnes was a member of the First Baptist Church an of the local Masonic
Lodge.  He was also a charter member of the Winnfield Rotary Club.  In failing
health since the latter part of 1948, he had retired from active business in
1949.

He was engaged in the sawmill business in Jena and Womack before coming to
Winnfield.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Esilee Byrnes; one son, Robert C., of
Winnfield; one daughter, Mrs. Alma Trahan, of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. L.
T. Whitten, of Memphis; and two grandchildren.