Background
Byrns, Clarence Franklin was born on December 24, 1893 in Ladonia, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Edgar and Laura (White) Byrns.
Byrns, Clarence Franklin was born on December 24, 1893 in Ladonia, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Edgar and Laura (White) Byrns.
Educated high school. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Arkansas, 1947.
Began as office boy, 1907, and successively circulation manager, business manager, Hugo Husonian, Hugo, Oklahoma, 1910-1914. Reporter and news editor Southwest American, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1914-1918. Reporter and managing educated Times-Democrat, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1918-1920.
City editor, editorial writer, Southwest American and Times-Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1920-1927, editor since 1927.
Member Arkansas Forestry Commission, 1953. Member Beta Gamma Sigma, Quill and Scroll. Indiana; Member Disciples of Christ.
Club: Noon Civics.
Married Myrtle Beatryce Hubbard, September 2, 1917. Children: Meryl Beatryce, Wilma Yvonne.