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Surnames: Cain Byers
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James Byers Cain - (Tyler Morning Telegraph) View/Sign Guest Book
ATHENS - Services for James Byers Cain, 85, Athens, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at
First Presbyterian Church, Athens, with the Rev. Joe Warren officiating.
Burial will be in Athens City Cemetery under direction of Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home,
Athens.
Mr. Cain died April 27, 2008.
He was born June 25, 1922, in Uniontown, Pa., to the late John Smith and Margaret Byers
Cain. He grew up in Athens and attended Athens schools, Schreiner Institute in Kerrville
and graduated from Southern Methodist University of Dallas. He was a flight instructor for
the Navy during World War II and later began a private flying service in Austin. He moved
back to Athens in 1951 and operated several businesses. He served on Athens School Board,
Hospital Board, Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library, Athens Industrial Foundation, Humane
Society and Athens Airport Authority. He was an officer and director of Effie and Wofford
Cain Foundation, and was Citizen of the Year in 1997. He was a member of First
Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Kilgore Cain, in 2003
and daughter, Margaret Elaine "Peg" Cain, in 1969.
Survivors include son, John Charles Cain, Athens; three grandchildren; and one cousin.
Family will receive friends 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
If desired, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Athens
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