Obit of Lena Beatrice Byrom (b650) - Bryan County, Oklahoma Submitted by: C Colston 13 Aug 2003 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Durant Daily Democrat Sunday, August 10, 2003 Lena Beatrice Byrom, 78 A service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cunningham Funeral Chapel for Lena Beatrice Byrom, 78, Achille, who died Friday, Aug. 8, 2003, at Homestead Nursing Home in Denison, Texas. The Rev. Roger Speers will officiate. The daughter of Harvey and Josie Jackson Harkins, she was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Wanette. A retired key punch operator, she worked in the retail shoe business in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she lived 1942-2000 before moving to Achille. She attended Crockett, Texas, schools and was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her parents, stepmother who raised her, Alva Mae Harkins; sisters Jean Ray, Barbara Barker, Lola Neal and Pauline Harkins, and brothers Hugh and Johnny Harkins. Survivors include son Gary Byrom, Vernal, Utah; brother Roy Harkins, Oklahoma City; sisters Geneva Lawson, Norman, Bernice Poling, Lawton, Reba Bean, Valliant, nine grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter and numerous nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Wanette Cemetery under the direction of Cunningham's Funeral Home, Achille. Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.html