Bud Byron

A Traditional Military Service and Ceremonial Releasing of White Doves will be held in Bud Byron’s honor on January 2, 2025 The service will commence promptly 1:00 PM at The Georgia National Cemetary, 1080 Scott Hudgens Dr, Canton, GA 30114. This is a public service so all are invited to attend.

Elwood E. “BUD” Byron, 90, died peacefully on December 16, 2024, in Johns Creek, Georgia, He was born May 31, 1934, in Jay, Maine, the second son of Floyd and Nina Burnham Byron. Buds early schooling included North Jay and one of the last surviving students of the tiny Severy Hill School, East Dixfield. He graduated from Dixfield High School in 1952, then serving The US Navy from 1953 to 1957 as a Fire Control Technician (firing the big guns) on The USS Salem CA-139. Following studies at Newman Prep and help from The GI Bill, he attended The University of Maine and went on to receive a Sales Engineering Degree from The University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1962. Designing and selling Electronic Components was his lifetime passion. This took him all over the South during the computer growth of the 1960’s. This passion took him into the booming Research Triangle Park where he formed his first manufacturers rep firm covering the rest of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and finally settling into the growing Atlanta/Georgia market in 1982. As one of three partners in Electronic Marketing Associates, he established EMA in Georgia, a major player for the whole southeast region. After selling his partnership in EMA in 2012 he was not ready to retire. He and his wife, Gerry, formed R & D Components LLC. Bud was active in R&DC LLC until his death.

Bud had the amazing ability to recognize the potential in people and try to help them reach that potential. He was an entrepreneur and loved exploring new ideas. He was an avid golfer. He and his friend and neighbor, Maurice Males, 90, walked Rivermont Golf Club carrying their clubs for 40+ years. Maurice passed away exactly one week prior to Buds passing.

Bud is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Gerry Senn Byron, son John and wife Monica Byron, Orlando, Florida, step daughter, Mardi Senn, Johns Creek, Georgia, grandchildren Nicholas and Victoria Byron, Orlando, Florida and his last brother, Glenn Byron, Smithfield, Maine as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Nina Burnham Byron and Floyd Byron, son Stephen, and three brothers, Francis “Frank” Byron, Lynn G. Byron, Randall “Randy” Byron.

In lieu of flowers make donation’s to your favorite charity or Cherokeefirefoundation.org