Gladys Amanda Maines Byers died Oct. 30, 2014, in Shreveport, after a brief illness. The youngest child of Ira and Anna Maines, Ms. Byers was born June 5, 1920 in the Bayou Scie Community and was a lifelong resident of Sabine Parish.
She was a member of the Zwolle First Methodist church where she sang in the choir, was a director of the Methodist Youth Fellowship and a Sunday school teacher. She later returned to her childhood church, the Bayou Scie Methodist Church. She was also a long time member of The Order of Eastern Star. Ms. Byers is survived by her children, Lloyd Byers and ife, Connie, of Shreveport, Don Byers of Zwolle, Sherry Byers of Zwolle, Rhonda Byers Lee and husband, Tommy of Beaumont, Texas, and Anna Byers of Zwolle; grandchildren, Wendy Byers Nave and husband, Charlie of Roanoke, Va., Justin Byers and wife, Cherie of Shreveport, David Dupras and wife, Kelly, of Houston, Texas, Carl Sepulvado and wife, Brandy, of DeRidder, Dustin Sepulvado of Zwolle, and Austin Sepulvado of Zwolle; great grandchildren, Jax, Riley, and Sadie Byers of Shreveport, Millie and Henry Nave of Roanoke, Va., Haley and Dakota Dupras of Houston, Texas, Cash Sepulvado and Dillon Butler of DeRidder. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in her memory to the Bayou Scie Methodist Church 3060 Bayou Scie Road Zwolle, LA 71486