Mr. James Anderson Byford, 89, of Coffeeville, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford. He was born May 25, 1930 in Yalobusha County to John Edward and Myrtle Ray Jones Byford. He had worked for many years as a self-employed mechanic and auto body professional. James honorably served our country in the US Army and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, September 21, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Coffeeville with Dr. Clarence Cooper and Rev. Craig Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until service time Saturday at the church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Byford; three daughters, Janice Baker and her husband, Dan of Coffeeville; Sheila Benoist of Collierville, TN; Leslie Johnsey and her husband, Donny of Coffeeville; three sons, Johnny Byford of Coffeeville; Jimmy Byford and his wife, Lisa of Coffeeville, Gary Byford of Coffeeville; one brother, John Carl Byford and his wife, Louise of Coffeeville; twelve grandchildren, Jeremy Byford, Craig Baker, Barry Baker, Brandi Harrison, Lindsey Byford, Kim Ayers, Megan Baker, Brandon Harrison, Karrie Byford, Max Benoist, Casey Gaines and Taylor Benoist; and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mary Louise Graham and Nancy Fly; two brothers, Charles Ray Byford and Edward Criss Byford and a grandson, Cody Spencer Byford.

Pallbearers will be Justin Ayers, Barry Baker, Max Benoist, Jeremy Byford, Clarence Cooper, III, and Brandon Harrison.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com .

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).