| − | Byers died in Minden at the age of eighty-four. His services were held at the Eastside Missionary Baptist Church, and burial followed in Gardens of Memory Cemetery there.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.rose-neath.com/obituaries/noel-byars|title=Noel E. "Gene" Byars obituary|publisher=Roseneath.com|accessdate=April 1, 2024}}</ref> | + | Byers died in Minden at the age of eighty-four. His services were held at the Eastside Missionary Baptist Church, and burial followed in Gardens of Memory Cemetery there.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.rose-neath.com/obituaries/noel-byars|title=Noel E. "Gene" Byars obituary|publisher=Roseneath.com|accessdate=April 1, 2024}}</ref> His funeral can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/EastsideMBCMinden/videos/1151221089405418. |