Richard Byron Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Richard L. Byron, age 64, of Damascus, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at James H. Quillen V. A. Medical Center Community Care Center in Mountain Home, Tennessee. He was a native of New York and was a son of the late Robert and Emma Byron. He moved to Damascus in 1995. He served in the military in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines for thirty years having served in the Dominion Republic and Cubin Crisis in Vietnam. He was a retired truck driver from Shaffer Trucking and was a life time member or the V.F.W. Post No. 1994 in Abingdon, Virginia. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Damascus, Virginia. He is survived by two daughters, Angel Byron of Bristol, Virginia; Lisa Byron Ratliff and her husband, Kevin, of Council, Virginia; three sons, Richard Byron, Jr. of Cortland, New York, Michael Byron of Cortland, New York, and Chad Byron of Damascus, Virginia; one step-daughter, Sherry Rose of Cortland, New York; one sister, Vyvian Ivison of Homosassa, Florida; one brother, Dale Byron of Cortland, New York; twelve grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Damascus with Rev. Wayne Guynn and Rev. Garnet Rogers officiating. The committal service and interment will be at 1:00 P.M. Monday, October 19, 2009 at the V.A. National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tennessee with the Highlands Fellowship Veterans Honor Guard conducting military graveside rites. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contribution be made to the American Cancer Society, 230 Charwood Drive, Abingdon, VA 24210 or the V.F.W. Post No. 1994, P.O. Box 2105, Abingdon, VA 24212. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nursing staff at the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center Community Care Center and Chaplain John Love and also Rev. Wayne Guynn and Rev. Garnet Rogers. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. Saturday prior to the funeral service at the First Baptist Church. Online condolences may be sent to the family and a memorial video tribute may be viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com. Mr. Byron and his family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Avenue, Damascus, VA 24236, 276-475-3631.

Richard Byron

December 6, 1944 - October 14, 2009