Paul Eugene Byers^{[1, 2]}

1920 - 1941  (21 years)

• Name	Paul Eugene Byers
  Born	3 Mar 1920	Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Township 15, Kern County, California   [3]
  Died	6 Oct 1941  [4]
  Buried	Rose Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma   [5]
  Person ID	I407377	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	J. W. Byers
  Family ID	F161828	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Velma Lorene Spoon,   b. 8 Dec 1919, Grady County, Oklahoma ,   d. 8 Jun 1998, Canadian County, Oklahoma  (Age 78 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1939	Caddo County, Oklahoma   [6]
  Children	1. Paul Sherman Byers,   b. 14 Jun 1940, Kern County, California  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F161814	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Mar 1920 - Oklahoma Buried - - Rose Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, The Chickasha Daily Express (OK), 24 Jun 1946. Leonard Virgil Spoon obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Chickasha Daily Express (OK), 11 Jun 1998. Velma Pierson obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name Paul Byers Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Judicial Township 15, Kern, California, United States Gender Male Age 20 Marital Status Married Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Relationship to Head of Household Head Birthplace Oklahoma Birth Year (Estimated) 1920 Last Place of Residence Blanchard, Oklahoma HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Paul Byers Head M 20 Oklahoma Velma Byers Wife F 20 Oklahoma "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27791-8318-18?cc=2000219 : accessed 27 September 2015), California > Kern > Judicial Township 15 > 15-85B Judicial Township 15 bounded by (N) Highway 140; (E) County Road through Sections 3, 10, 15, 22, 27, and 34 Township 32 Range 29, Tejon Creek, township line; (S) township line; (W) Weed Patch-Wheeler Ridge Rd > image 17 of 55; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012). [S142] Newspaper Article, Chickasha Daily Express (OK), 8 Oct 1941. Funeral services for Paul E. Byers, 21, who was killed in an automobile accident 10 miles north of Lawton early Monday morning are to be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the chapel of the Chickasha Funeral Home. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Byers and Claude Raymond Woods, 22, Fletcher, were killed in the accident and three other Fletcher and Sterling men suffered severe injuries, The five men, all occupants of the car driven by Byers were en route to Fort Sill, where they were employed on a construction project, when the accident occurred. Highway patrolman, O. M. Kizziar said the accident apparently happened when Byers lost control of the auto as he attempted to pass another machine. For the past six years Byers had been a resident of Chickasha, coming here from Blanchard. Surviving members of the family include his wife, Velma; a son Paul S., both of 923 Iowa Avenue; parents Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Byers of Santa Monica, Calif.; sister Mrs. Leslie Rogers of Glendale Ariz., and seven brothers, Bud of Amarillo, Boots of Termett, Texas, Richard of Abilene, Vester of the Hawaiian Islands, and Bill, Bee and Jerry of Santa Monica. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 33659541). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Paul E Byers Event Type Marriage Event Date 16 Aug 1939 Event Place , Caddo, Oklahoma, United States Gender Male Age 21 Birth Year (Estimated) 1918 Spouse's Name Velma Lorene Spoon Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1920 Page 323 "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9722-2942-84?cc=1709399 : accessed 27 September 2015), 1994525 (004533055) > image 626 of 829; county courthouses, Oklahoma.