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Ralph Rutherford Byson - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Madison Journal October 3, 1941

RALPH R. BYSON

Ralph Rutherford Byson, 39. died at a Vicksburg hospital late Thursday night about 11:50 after a long 
illness. He had been in ill health for about three years.

Byson was a native of Minnesotta (sic), having come to Madison parish about 12 years ago with his parents 
from St. Cloud in that state.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. D. W. Poole officiating. 
Interment was the Silver Cross Cemetery with Clifton Erwin, Roy Erwin, Kirby Erwin, Dick Howard, Edgar Lott 
and Alton McCready acting as pall-bearers. Williams Funeral Home had charge.

Mr. Byson is survived by his father, K. E. Byson, his step-mother, Mrs. Josephine Byson of Tallulah, and a 
brother, O. L. Byson, of Ruston, and a son, Robert M. Byson.