A member of the Free Communion Baptist Church, Byrd Daugherty, 62, of the Devonia community, died at 8:45 pm Friday at his home.

The retired coal miner was a 28 year member of the United Mine Workers of America Local 1569. He also was a member of Black Diamond Lodge No. 625 F & AM, Sunrise Chapter No. 364 of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Phillips Daugherty; four daughters, Mrs. P.J. (Anita) Seiber of Jacksboro, Mrs. James (Tena) Moore and Miss Venna Daugherty, both of Devonia, and Mrs. Bill (Vergie) Wade of Oak Ridge; two sons, Kenneth Byrd Daugherty of Speedwell and Roger Daughtery of LaFollette; six grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mary Daugherty of Caryville.

Funeral services were held Monday at the Free Communion Baptist Church with the Revs. Ray Scarbrough and Edwin Phillips officiating. Burial was in Anderson Memorial Gardens.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
25 Dec 1986