John Duane “JD” Byer
John Duane “JD” Byer, 88, of Staunton passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Augusta Health Hospice of the Shenandoah in Fishersville.
He was born November 2, 1935, in Alleghany County, the son of the late John Wesley Byer and Muriel Marie Helder Byer.
Mr. Byer retired as a Civil Superintendent with Casey Industrial Inc. He was a proud veteran of the United State Air Force and a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather.
His is survived by his wife of 64 years, Nobel McLaughlin Byer, of Staunton; a daughter, Dana Byer German and her husband Robert “Chip,” grandson Phillip Duane Abbott, his wife Shannon, and great granddaughter Nora Marilyn Abbott, all of Charlottesville; sisters Muriel Louise Byer of Clemmons NC and Jessie Ellen Byer Turner Rose of Mechanicsville; brothers-in-law E.B. Reynolds of Clemmons NC and Donald Morris of Thaxton; sisters-in-law Shirley May McLaughlin of Roanoke and Leta Foster McLaughlin of Covington; and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Sue Byer Reynolds and Jean Marie Byer Morris; a niece who was raised as a sister, Gloria Jean Byer Topping; and two brothers, Charles Byron Byer and Stephen Kent Byer.
A funeral service was conducted on Monday, March 25, at McLaughlin & Young Funeral Home with Reverend Sam Felton officiating. Interment was at Warm Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers were Phillip Abbott, Steve Byer, Vernon “VP” McLaughlin, Harper Douglas McLaughlin, Steve Gibson, Frankie Chestnut, Dana Pritt, Ricky Shinault, and Bart Ailstock.
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