Byers, Alonzo Hiram 'Hira'

1889 - 1971  (81 years)

• Name	Byers, Alonzo Hiram 'Hira'
  Birth	24 Aug 1889	Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Minister
  Reference Number	BYER.A001
  _FGRAVE	67044503
  Death	3 Feb 1971	St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois
  Burial	Keens Chapel Cemetery, Iola, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I11033	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022

  
  

  Family	Rufty, Jennie Flora,   b. 26 Jan 1897   d. 1996, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1915	Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois
  Age at Marriage	He was 25 years and 10 months - She was 18 years and 5 months.
  Children	+ 1. Byers, Margaret Maxine,   b. 18 Aug 1916, Iola, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Feb 2012, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 95 years)   2. Byers, Franklin Crawford,   b. 5 Jun 1918, Iola, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Dec 1998, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 80 years)   3. Byers, Nona Jean,   b. 18 Sep 1923, Clay County, Illinois d. 2 Jan 1980 (Age 56 years)   4. Byers, Infant Son,   b. 1926   d. 1926 (Age 0 years)   5. Byers, Alonzo Hira,   b. 1928   d. 2017 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F5298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1889 - Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 12 Jun 1915 - Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Death - 3 Feb 1971 - St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Burial - - Keens Chapel Cemetery, Iola, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rev.Hira Byers, 81, of near Iola, well known Pentecostal minister of this area, died Wednesday morning at the St. Anthony Hospital in Effingham. Funeral services will be held in the United Pentecostal Chapel in Iola with burial in Keen's Chapel Cemetery, near Iola. Rev. Byers was a brother of the late Mrs. W. E. (Mamie) Smith of Olney and he was an uncle of Mrs. Thelma McClain of Olney. He entered ministry in 1912 and served as pastor of the United Pentecostal Church for 45 years. He married Jennie Rufty, June 12, 1915, Effingham. He leaves his wife: two sons, Franklin, Edgewood; Hira, Jr., Neoga; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Haum, Louisville; Mrs. Ruth Forbes, Barnhill; Mrs. Nona Dehart, Edgewood; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, February, 1971.