Extracted from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Virginia Dean Byars

VIRGINIA DEAN BYARS of Little Rock went to be with the Lord, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003. Virginia was born May 9, 1920, in Little Rock, daughter of Carl Chase Dean and Mary Maude Russell Dean. She was united to Carl Alfred Byars on March 25, 1945, in Jonesboro Ark.

She was active in church ministries, community volunteer work, including the American Heart Association and most of all was a devoted housewife and loving mother of three children. She enjoyed participating in all the church- and sportsrelated activities of her children. She enjoyed painting and various craftwork.

She is survived by two sons, David and wife, Jan, their two children, Ryan and Ashley of Kansas City; Russell and his son, Guy of Little Rock; daughter, Debbie Byars and her three children, Sarah, Joel and Michael of Kaneohe, Hawaii; her brother, Carl Dean and his wife, Sue; and many other relatives and friends.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at First Baptist Church in Little Rock with Dr. John Wright officiating. Arrangements by Roller Chenal Funeral Home, 224-8300.