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A native of Dodson in Winn Parish in North Louisiana, Pyburn was the youngest of nine children of Dennis Mackey Pyburn (1856-1918) and the former Maggie Helen McBride (1867-1956). His mother was a pioneer settler of north Louisiana, a [[Baptist]], an education graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a resident of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] from 1925 until her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32863167|title=Mrs. D. M. Pyburn, 89-year-old Pioneer, Dies at Home Here|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader'' through find a grave.com|date=December 6, 1956|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>

A native of Dodson in Winn Parish in North Louisiana, Pyburn was the youngest of nine children of Dennis Mackey Pyburn (1856-1918) and the former Maggie Helen McBride (1867-1956). His mother was a pioneer settler of north Louisiana, a [[Baptist]], an education graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a resident of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] from 1925 until her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32863167|title=Mrs. D. M. Pyburn, 89-year-old Pioneer, Dies at Home Here|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader'' through find a grave.com|date=December 6, 1956|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>

An older brother, Dwight D. Pyburn (1903-1996), the longest-living of the Pyburn children, was from 1966 to 1980 the Caddo Parish clerk of court. Pyburn graduated in 1932 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, his city of residence at the time, and in 1936 from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. From 1952 until his death, Pyburn had represented the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in [[Washington, D.C.]] From 1937 to 1952, he was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Pyburn, Smith and Giddens. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and was discharged with the rank of [[major]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58820190|title=K. M. Pyburn Rites Will Be Wednesday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' through findagrave.com |date=May 23, 1967|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>

An older brother, Dwight D. Pyburn (1903-1996), the longest-living of the Pyburn children, was from 1966 to 1980 the Caddo Parish clerk of court. Pyburn graduated in 1932 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, his city of residence at the time, and in 1936 from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. From 1952 until his death, Pyburn had represented the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in [[Washington, D.C.]] From 1937 to 1952, he was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Pyburn, Smith and Giddens. He was a partner in the Shreveport Television Company, which in 1954 opened KSLA-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliated in Shreveport.  

Pyburn died of a brief illness at Saint Marys Hospital, a division of the [[Mayo Clinic]], in Rochester,  [[Minnesota]]. His services were held at his former congregation, the First [[Methodist]] Church in Shreveport, with the then pastor [[D. L. Dykes, Jr.]], officiating. Interment was at Forest Park East Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, the former Marjorie Owen of Bethesda, [[Maryland]]; three sons, all then living in the [[District of Columbia]], Dennis M., John O., and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., three brothers, and two sisters.<ref name=obit/>

 

Pyburn died of a brief illness at Saint Mary's Hospital, a division of the [[Mayo Clinic]], in Rochester,  [[Minnesota]]. His services were held at his former congregation, the First [[Methodist]] Church in Shreveport, with the then pastor [[D. L. Dykes, Jr.]], officiating. Interment was at Forest Park East Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, the former Marjorie Owen of Bethesda, [[Maryland]]; three sons, all then living in the [[District of Columbia]], Dennis M., John O., and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., three brothers, and two sisters.<ref name=obit/>

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