Byerly, Joan (nee: McKnight) of Summerfield, Florida, died on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at the age of 88. Loving wife of the late Robert Charles Byerly; beloved daughter of the late John I. and Beatrice McKnight; devoted mother of Susan Carol (Robert Judson) Smith and Nancy Jane (Gerry) Gossage; cherished grandmother of William Judson Smith, Robert Fulton Smith IV, Jason J. (Jamie) Boschert, and Julie A. (Mike) Williamson; treasured great-grandmother of Carter, Nolan, Krista, Kyle, and Kolton.
Memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Foundation or The American Cancer Society.