Mr. Billy Sanders Byars Sr.

April 3, 1933 - October 23, 2015

Chester Mr. Billy Sanders Byars, Sr., 82, died Friday, October 23, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Ralph Byars and Mr. Wayne Byars officiating. Interment will follow in Chester Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday, October 26, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, SC. Mr. Byars was born April 3, 1933 in Chester, SC and was a son of the late Curtis Newman Byars and Lily Elizabeth Moore Byars. He attended the schools of Blackstock and was retired from Celanese as a mechanic. He loved being outdoors, was a great handyman and a wonderful storyteller. Mr. Byars attended the First Church of the Nazarene. He is survived by one son, Ronald Eugene Byars, Sr. (Susan) of Chester; two daughters, Barbara Byars Roof (A.J., Jr.) and Lena Byars Dillingham both of Chester; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and two brothers, Elmer Byars of Arizona and Charles Byars (Leona) of Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Byars was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy “Midge” Hildreth Byars and a son, Billy Sanders Byars, Jr. Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, 182 Pinckney St., Chester, SC 29706. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com.