Barton Alan Bynum was born in Dermott, on June 7, 1945, the son of Woodrow Wilson and Janie Richardson Bynum. He died on January 21, 2023, at the Southern Hills Cottages in Rison.
He loved duck hunting, family, friends, and God with a passion. During his lifetime, he was a teacher, owner/manager of the Western Auto Store in Dermott, loan officer at First Service Bank, volunteer fireman in both Dermott and Collins, as well as a United Methodist minister at Wesley United Methodist Church in McGhee.
He and his wife, Judith Lane Bynum, were married for over 53 years.
Bart was preceded in death by his parents, Woody and Janie Bynum of Dermott; his parents-in-law, Herbert and Corine Lane of Monticello; his sister, Ann Bynum Dunbar; and his son-in-law, Jon Garraway Nance.
Survivors include his wife, Judith Lane Bynum of Collins; daughter, Dr. Jody Grimm (Robert) of Sallisaw, Okla.; son, Woodrow Bynum of Albany, New York; grandchildren Emma Lane Nance of Bronx, New York, and Garraway Nance, Matthew Grimm, and Allie Grimm of Sallisaw, Okla. He will never be forgotten through tales told around the campfire or at family gatherings around the dinner table.
Memorials may be made to the Curry Cottage of Southern Hills Cottages in Rison, the Collins-Cominto Fire Department, the First United Methodist Church in Monticello, The Charles Graham Ministry, or to a charity of your choice. Simply "paying it forward" to help another would have pleased him so much.
Special thanks go to the residents and staff of Curry Cottage at the Southern Hills Cottages of Rison, who nurtured and loved him during his final months.
