BUCKLEY BYERS Jr.

BYERS--Buckley Morris, Jr. "Bim." Bim Byers died after a brief illness on January 31, 2020. He was born in 1942, the first son of Rosemond Farrell Byers (nee Murray) and Buckley M. Byers, a longtime fund raiser for Jonas Salk and Deputy Chairman of Finance for the Republican National Committee. Bim was one of the first children to be vaccinated for Polio by Jonas Salk. Bim was the great grandson of Alexander M. Byers of AM Byers Co, Pittsburgh and James Augustine Farrell, first CEO of US Steel and owner of Farrell Lines. His great-uncle was Eben Byers who died from Radium poisoning from the quack drug Radithor. He was a member of India House, New York City, Grosse Pointe Hunt Club, Grosse Pointe, MI and Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, PA. Bim was educated at Sewickley Academy, Canterbury School, and Georgetown University. When he was 12 years old, he was sent to work over the summers on Bone's Brothers Ranch in Birney, MT. During that time, he became a professional bareback rider and bull rider, competing in several rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. His parents only found out about his rodeo days when Wide World of Sports televised a rodeo in which he was a competitor. He worked in international transportation for Farrell Lines in South Africa, U.S. Lines, and Sea- Land. It was while working for U.S. Lines that he met his future wife, Nancy Faye Schultz, a Transportation Administrator for Cummins Engine Co. Bim enthusiastically embraced several hobbies including skeet and trap shooting, fishing, sailing, travelling, and collecting antiques. In 1995, he started American Eagle Antiques where he developed several longterm friendships with his customers and dealers such as Zane Moss of New York City and Steve and Lisa Sherwood of Auburn, AL who affectionately referred to him as "Spanky." When not selling antiques, he loved spending the winter months on Saint Simons Island, GA. Bim was preceded in death by Babe, Marlo, Brutus, Moxie and Bea, his Labradors and Dachshunds. He is survived by Nancy, his beloved wife of 39 years and Dachshunds Maisy and Molly. Due to COVID-19, "Bim's Last Rodeo" Celebration of Life was held on September 12, 2020. Nancy and close friends, Bill and Terrie Crook accompanied his ashes for inurnment in the Byers Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh on October 6, 2021. A bag piper played the lament "Flooers o' the Forest" while he was laid to rest.