Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries..... Byrum, Edwin L., 2000 

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EDWIN LYNN BYRUM 

  Edwin Lynn Byrum, 81, died Dec. 30, 2000, at Nansemond Pointe in Suffolk. 

  Mr. Byrum, a native of Edenton, was a son of the late Eli Thomas and Ida 
Pierce Byrum.  He was a longtime Isle of Wight County farmer and a member 
and trustee of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  He was a staff sergeant in the 
U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. 

  Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mabel Forehand Byrum; a daughter, 
Ida Myrth DeJarnette and her husband, Bryant, of Carrsville; a brother, W. 
Ray Byrum of Edenton; two granddaughters, Lynnette D. Mitchem and her husband, 
Mike, of Mathews County, Va., and Jennifer D. Rose and her husband, John, of 
Suffolk; a great-granddaughter, Lauren E. Mitchem; and a host of nieces and 
nephews.  Mr. Byrum was predeceased by eight sisters and two brothers, Mattie 
T. Byrum, Ira M. Byrum, Mildred M. Byrum, Mona B. Hoffler, Edna B. Privott, 
Jessie B. Crockett, Lilly B. Vann, Mary Elizabeth B. Bagley, Russell H. Byrum 
and Alvin T. Byrum. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Beaver Dam Baptist 
Church with the Rev. Dr. Richard Peerey officiating.  The burial will be in 
the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the residence and 
suggests that memorials be made to Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Wright Funeral 
Home, Franklin, is in charge. 


Edwin Lynn BYRUM, retired farmer, Army Air Corps veteran of WW-II, 
b. 22 Jan 1919, Edenton, Chowan Co., NC, d. 30 Dec 2000, Suffolk, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 2 Jan 2001, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 31, 2000, p. B7 

*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 & in-laws are buried in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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