Arvon "AB" Byroads

Arvon “AB” Byroads, age 97, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at Hillside Country Living where he had been a resident since March. Arvon was the owner of Byroads Body Shop and The Buggy Works where worked as an auto body repairman. He also taught auto body repair at Four County High School. He and his wife of seventy years, Fern, were active members of Asbury United Methodist Church, now known as Trinity Gospel Church in Williams Center. Arvon taught Sunday School for many years there.

Arvon Forrest Byroads was born on November 14, 1928, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Forrest Cleland and Otha Eleanor (Stough) Byroads. Arvon was a 1946 graduate of Bryan High School. He married Fern M. Waugh on February 20, 1949, in Follansbee, West Virginia, and she preceded him in death on October 19, 2019.

Surviving Arvon are one son, Samuel (Marilyn Richards) Byroads, of Bryan, Ohio; two daughters, Novra Miller, of Bryan, and Cassandra “Candi” (Eric) Harter, of Montpelier, Ohio; eight grandchildren, Amy (Joel) DeLong, Elizabeth (Nathan) Webb, Heather (Shane) Brillhart, Rachel (David) White, Sara (Norman) Chamberlain, Zachary (Sara) Snider, Alexis (Coty) Hansford and Sydney (Sid) Yadav; and nine great-grandchildren, Annika and Kirsten DeLong, Michael and Asher Webb, William Chamberlain, Aella and Oliver Hansford and twins, Audrey Whitten Snider and Claire Arvon Snider. Along with his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Noel Byroads, sisters, Virginia Rady and Ruth Corwin; daughter-in-law, Kay Byroads and a son-in-law, Rex Miller.

Visitation for Arvon “AB” Byroads will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Trinity Gospel Church, 305 Chicago Street, Bryan, OH. A celebration of his life will follow at 11:00 a.m. in the church. Private inurnment with his wife Fern will take place at Williams Center Cemetery.

Memorials are requested to Trinity Gospel Church, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Krill Funeral Home is honored to serve the Byroads family.

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