Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries..... Byrum, Alvin T., 2000 

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ALVIN THOMAS BYRUM 

  Alvin T. Byrum, 79, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000 in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital. 

  Mr. Byrum was born Dec. 22, 1920 in Edenton, N.C., to the late Eli Thomas 
and Ida Pierce Byrum.  He was a self-employed retired farmer who lived and 
worked on his Walnut Hill Farm.  He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather 
and great-grandfather who had a never-ending love for his family. 

  Mr. Byrum is survived by his devoted wife of 57 years, Juanita Lane Byrum; 
a daughter, JoAnn B. Underwood of Franklin; a son, Donald A. Byrum of 
Carrsville; two brothers, Edwin L. Byrum of Carrsville and W. Ray Byrum of 
Edenton, N.C.; four grandchildren, William Joseph Harrison, Donald Jeffrey 
Byrum, Micki Lin Byrum and Christopher Allen Stephenson; two great-
grandchildren, Mallorie Danielle Byrum and Kari Elizabeth Harrison.  He was 
predeceased by eight sisters and a brother. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Beaver Dam Baptist Church 
by the Dr. Rev. Richard Peerey.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery. 
The family will receive family and friends at Holland-Rideout Funeral Home 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.  Memorial donations can be made to Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church, 3593 Carrsville Highway, Franklin, VA 23851. 


Alvin Thomas BYRUM, of "Walnut Hill Farm," retired farmer, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 22 Dec 1920, Edenton, Chowan Co., NC, d. 19 Aug 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 22 Aug 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Aug. 21, 2000, p. B8 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-17), an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His parents are buried in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton. 

His widow had been an Isle of Wight Co. zoning official, and served as 
   acting county administrator in 1987. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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