United States Army World War I Veteran
Fount as he was more commonly called, was a private in World War 1. The family lore has it that his unit needed a cook. No one in the unit really wanted to be the cook so Fount volunteered to be the cook with one requirement: if anyone complained about his cooking, they had to be the new cook. It was said that no one complained. This story was told to me by Wade H. Morgan, who was Fount's nephew.
Story submitted by Karen Attaway
The body will be at the church from 10 a.m. Monday until service time.
Burial will be in Afton Cemetery under direction of Seigler Funeral Home of Matador.
Byars died at 4 a.m. Saturday at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital after an illness.
A native Tupelo, Miss., he moved to Dickens in 1920 and had lived in the Afton area since. Byars married Thelma Lloyd Dec. 28, 1920 in Bryan. She died April 14, 1968. He married Mable Morris Middleton Aug. 14, 1975, in Crosbyton. Byars was a member of Afton Baptist Church and Roaring Springs Masonic Lodge No. 1171. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Jessie of La Feria; two daughters, Adeline Rosson of Idalou and Mrs. Bert (Jean) Morrow of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Mary Morgan of Dime Box; nine grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
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