This memorial website was created in the memory of Michael Keith Byrom, 37, born on February 2, 1974 and passed away on November 14, 2011. Keith left this earth much too soon, but we will love him dearly and cherish his memory forever. I encourage all his friends and family to share their memories, photos, and stories to help create a collaborative tribute to Keith's life.
A scholarship fund in Keith's memory has been established at Point Bank. Gifts to the Keith Byrom Memorial Scholarship Fund may be made at any branch (www.pointbank.com, account# 0265694).
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I haven't seen Keith in almost 20 years. We used to work together at MJDesigns in Denton. I came across this site because I did a Google search on him.
We used to hang out a lot during and after work esepcially to go see Hagfish at Rick's Place, which I took as a personal victory because he was a much larger fan of metal than punk rock. I always used to jokingly make fun of his long "metal" hair. In fact, I never called him Keith I always greeted him as L.H. and would always reply back "Shut up" in a pretty funny imitation of Bill and Ted.
I left MJDesigns for the glamour of Dillard's at Vista Ridge Mall and as so often happens we gradually lost touch with each other but I often thought of him and wondered what he was doing. I am glad to see pictures of his beautiful family.
Keith was a great friend. A truly genuine person that was loyal and faithful to his friends. I got on the Internet today to try and find him hoping to reconnect, not to post my memories of someone who left entirely too soon.
I wish I had tried to find you sooner L.H. Tonight I'll put in some Hagfish and think of my friend.
My mom used to have this blow up beer bottle about the size of a small child, and around when that movie The Ring came out, I would use that thing to freak everyone out! I put on a long black wig and wrapped a long white skirt around it.
Well, I put it on the kitchen cabinet, right on the other side of the refridgerator, so when you reach up to get a cup, there's that creepy thing haha. Keith just woke up and was walking to get a glass of tea (mmmm i miss his tea!) we were hiding, waiting to see what woudl happen, he reached up to grab a cup and did that little "GUUUH!!" thing he always did haha and knocked it off the counter. We laughed so hard, so did he.
He used to play pranks on us too though! While my boyfriend was living with us, he played Street Fighter a lot, and one character in the game says "hadoken" and throws a fireball at the enemy. Well, Keith had this paper that burned out really fast, so when you would light it on fire and throw it, it looked like a fireball. He busted through my bedroom door, screamed HADOKEN!!!! and threw the paper towards my boyfriend!!! It was HILARIOUS!! It went out like RIGHT before it got to him haha.
I have so many more funny memories with him, I will definitely post them for everyone to read :) I look forward to reading more memories of him.
RIP Keith, I love you and miss you SO much.
When I was turning 11 or 12, i can't remember, he took me and all my friends to blockbuster to rent some scary movies, then drove us around creepy roads in the dark to let us get all freaked out and watch scary movies. we were all laughing and having a blast, when all of a sudden his truck broke down. We thought he was joking, just trying to scare us, but when he got out of the truck and was like "Come on girls, we're walking." hahaha. We were all in pajamas too, and my best friend Mara had on house slippers. We had to walk through the muddy field and whatnot, so he gave her a piggy back ride the whole way haha. When we finally got home we were all laughing so hard, and mom was making chili dogs and snacks for us. She was like "WHERE IN THE WORLD HAVE YALL BEEN!?!?!" haha. It was definietly one fo my best birthday parties, we all laughed about it all night long. He was the best dad!!
