Mrs. Melisa Ann "Lisa" Byers, age 54, of Fairmount, Georgia, went to meet the Lord, Sunday morning December 30, 2018 at the Wildwood Health Care in Talking Rock, Georgia, with her loving family by her side. Lisa was born July 29, 1964 in Copperhill, Tennessee.  Lisa was a 1982 graduate of Fannin County High School.  She worked several years as a State Farm Insurance Agent and as a substitution teacher at Pickens High School.  Her life was dedicated to serving her Lord and caring for her family.  She was an active member of the Pleasant Grove (Ryo) Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing and playing the piano.  She was very proud that she was able to home school her children.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Jessie "Jett" and Maggie O'Neal and Harley and Siddie Payne and her father-in-law, Grady Byers.

She is survived by the love of her life Leroy Byers and was married January 27, 1990; her son, Jarad Lee Byers; daughter, Kaitlyn Leeann Byers all of Fairmount, GA; parents, Clyde and Ivlean Payne O'Neal; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dewayne and Tiffany O'Neal, Steve and Stephanie O'Neal all of McCaysville, GA; mother-in-law, Martha Byers of Mineral Bluff, GA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Troy and Edye Byers of Sugar Hill, GA; several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.

Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Melisa Ann "Lisa" Byers will be held Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove (Ryo) Baptist Church in Fairmount, Georgia, with Reverend Marty Padgett and Reverend Jerome Silvers officiating.  She will be laid to rest in the church cemetery with Troy Byers, Peyton Byers, Lynn Payne, Jason Payne, Greg Payne and Jeff Payne serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Ponders Fairmount Chapel from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday and also after 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday until the service hour.

Arrangements by Ponders Fairmount Chapel, 2566 Hwy 411, Fairmount, Georgia.  706-337-3784.

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