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OPAL GUIDAS Obituary

GUIDAS, MRS. OPAL KIRBY - age 74 of Maynardville, passed away on Sunday August 4, 2013. Member of the Maynardville Church of Christ. Opal was preceded in death by her father, Sam Kirby and her mother, Callie Teague Kirby; son, Claybern Wayne Greene; sister, Dulcie Moses; brothers, Bert, R.L., and Ed Kirby. Opal is survived by her husband, Robert Guidas; her son, Gary (Starr) Guidas, St. Clair Shores, MI; her sister, Neva Yates, Athens; grandchildren, Matthew Guidas, St. Clair Shores, MI, Linda Greene Haughton, Milan, MI, Christina Greene, Kinde, MI and Callie Greene, Redford, MI; great grandchildren, Luke Christy, Dominic Jones, Scott and Adam Gardner and Jordyn and Jenna Giganti. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Byrd's Chapel. Pastor Herbert "Woody" Underwood officiating. Interment will follow in New Loyston Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Byrd's Mortuary, Maynardville in charge. Online condolences can be made at www.byrdsmortuary.com






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Published by Knoxville News Sentinel from Aug. 5 to Aug. 6, 2013.

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