Jerry Douglas Byrne Sr.

Jerry Douglas Byrne Sr. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 2, 2017.

There will be a visitation at Biggers Funeral Home in Fort Worth, Texas from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2017. There will also be a visitation  from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Pecos Funeral Home in Pecos, Texas. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Westpark Baptist Church in Pecos, Texas. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Fort Davis, Texas, also on Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

Pallbearers are former Texas Department of Public Safety partners, Fred Parrott, Rusty Hill, Glenn Wood, Hugh Lillie, David Byrnes, Cory Crumrine, and Bruce Jackson.

Jerry was one of five children born to Francis Ollie and Eula Faye  Byrne on November 12, 1938 in Archer County, west of Wichita Falls.

In 1959, Jerry married Mary Grace Collins.  Together they had four children.

In 1967 he recognized his calling in Law Enforcement.  He first went to work as a police officer in Monahans and Athens, Texas and 2 years later went through the Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Academy.  As a Highway Patrolman, Jerry’s duty stations included, Abilene, Balmorhea, Pecos, Monahans, and Mt. Pleasant.  He retired from the Highway Patrol in 1993 but immediately went back to work as a civilian for DPS as a Motor Vehicle Inspection Technician where he worked in Fort Stockton, Texas and retired the second time in 1999.

Jerry was a man of great character and integrity and was devoted to his family and it’s legacy.  He was known and respected by most all Law Enforcement Agencies in West Texas.  He was a devout Christian who was committed to his family and church family, and spent a great deal of his day studying scripture and praying for all that were in need.

Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, Ollie and Faye Byrne.

Jerry is survived by his four children, Jerry Byrne Jr. and wife, Robin of Midland, Texas, Suzette Byrne Wingo and her husband, Tony of Pecos, Texas, Jennifer Byrne Conger and husband, Jarret also of Pecos, Texas, and Robin Byrne Teters of Midlothian, Texas. He has ten grandchildren, Will Kington, Tyler Kington, Chase Wingo, Rachel Byrne-Stanley, Rebecca Byrne, Quinten Conger, Dana Conger, Lauren Conger, Baleigh Teters and K.C. Teters, and has four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Joyce Young and husband, Johnny of Longview, Texas, Martha Maddox of Fort Worth, Texas, and Tammy Durham and husband, Steve of Fort Worth, Texas, and one brother, Steve Byrne also of Fort Worth, Texas.