Obit; Pocahontas Star Herald, 26 Feb 1931: B. A. Pyland, aged 82, died at his home at Noland on Wednesday, 23 Feb, after a few days of illness. Mr. Pyland was the husband of the late Mrs. Novella Pyland, who died at the home of their daughter, Mrs. John Slayton, here on Oct 13, 1930. He leaves ten children. The body was laid to rest in the family burying ground by the side of his wife, the following day.