Mr. T. C. Byars, son of Mr. P. N. Byars, of Churchton, Dyer county, died on Wednesday of last week at the Western Hospital, Bolivar, for concussion of the brain, caused from an accidental fall. His remains were brought back to his county and his burial occurred at Charleston graveyard Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock, Rev. T. Riley Davis conducting the funeral services. The deceased was born and reared in the 15th district of this county and was 34 years of age at the time of his passing away. He had been making his home in Dyer county for the past seven years. He is survived by his mother and one brother. (The Covington Leader, Thursday, October 11, 1917)