Junior Alvin Byers

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Junior Alvin Byers, age 72, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.

Junior was born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia, on January 31, 1944, a son of the late Carl Fulton Byers and the late Mattie Bell Dillard Byers. He lived in the north Georgia area for all of his life, and was a member of Toccoa Baptist Church in Lakewood, Georgia. Junior loved playing the guitar, and always had a good sense of humor. He enjoyed riding horses on the farm, and going fishing, and going to church, especially if there was a special singing. Besides his parents, he had been preceded in death by two brothers, Loyd Byers and Frank Byers.

Junior will be greatly missed by all who knew him, especially by his loving family members: sister-in-law, Gladys Byers, of Woodstock, Georgia; sister and brother-in-law, Irene and Mike McAuliffe, of Blairsville; sister, Imogene Greene, of Blue Ridge, Georgia; brother, Garnet Byers, of Blairsville; brother, Hoyt Byers, of Valdosta, Georgia; sister, Inez Allen, of Blue Ridge; and sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Mike McFall, of Rockmart, Georgia; numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Junior have been scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., to be held in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home in Blairsville, with Rev. Raymond Byers officiating. Special music will be provided by LaVada Cheek, Jonathan Byers, Cassie Keyosky, DeBronda Carpenter, Thomas McAuliffe, and Halley Keyosky. Burial will be in Toccoa Baptist Church Cemetery in Lakewood, Georgia. The following gentlemen have been selected to serve as pallbearers: Robert Cullen, Anthony Keyosky, Johnny Garren, Jonathan Byers, Brian Johnson, and William Carpenter. The following gentlemen have been selected to serve as honorary pallbearers: Thomas McAuliffe and Dewayne Brown. The family will meet with friends on Wednesday evening, May 25, 2016, between the hours of 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. Please share your condolences with the family on our website, www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.