| | 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> | | 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> |
| − | 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/> | + | 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 Pyburn, Jr., three brothers, and two sisters.<ref name=obit/> |