MO MO - Lyrian Wyvonne Barry-Stallings, 23, St Louis, 1 June 1960

[natureaker]

NamUs #MP57576

Demographics
Missing Age: 23 Years
Current Age: 81 - 82 Years
First Name: Lyrian
Middle Name: Wyvonne
Last Name: Barry-Stallings
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 0" (60 Inches)
Weight: 150 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: July 1, 1960
NamUs Case Created: May 23, 2019
Last Known Location Map
Location: Columbus, Mississippi 39702
County: Lowndes County

Circumstances of Disappearance: Boarded a Greyhound bus headed to St. Louis in the summer of 1960 and vanished.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Left Eye Color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown

It seems that she has been reported missing for many years, as per this article written in 2013, but has only recently been put into NamUs.

 

[CastlesBurning]

• Missing Since: 06/01/1960
• Missing From: St. Louis, Missouri
• Classification: Missing
• Age: 23 years old
• Height and Weight: 5'0, 150 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Lyrian's maiden name is Barry.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Lyrian Wyvonne Barry-Stallings – The Charley Project

 

[Richard]

Missing: A Columbus family's search for a missing sister spans five decades

Lyrian Wyvonne Barry is pictured in her Hunt High School graduation photo, circa 1956. Barry disappeared in the summer of 1960. Photo by: Carmen K. Sisson/Dispatch Staff

LINK:

Missing: A Columbus family's search for a missing sister spans five decades

 

[Laughing]

Beautiful woman, sad story!

Odd about going to New England as a live-in maid, doubly odd that a reporter found a person who had hired such a maid -- but couldn't remember her name?

Lyrian is not a name I'd consider 'forgettable.'

Sad, sad, sad!

 

[glamourkitty1922]

There seems to be family witnesses to Lyrian arriving safely in St Louis. Lyrian's Aunt who moved to St Louis as well said that Sonny Lucas moved to St Louis also and Lyrian and Lucas had a "knock down drag out" fight the night she disappeared. I think the mystery here is, sadly, where her body was hid. Her daughter grew up with no memories of her mother, and probably thought that she had been abandoned. That is so sad.Lyrian Wyvonne Barry-Stallings – The Charley Project

 

[Coffee56]

I believe the UID waS/is a DOE DNA case so I would guess there was no match but Lyrian’s family is still actively searching.

Woman thinks Grundy County cold case victim may be missing sister

 

[Sleuth91]

UPDATE: The drop-down prefix in the thread title has been updated from "MD" to "MO." Her age has been added to the thread title.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Lyrian Wyvonne Barry-Stallings – The Charley Project

 

[CastlesBurning]

Lyrian Barry: 22-Year-Old Mom Goes Missing From Mississippi in 1960

Lyrian Barry-Stallings — MissingSippi

 

[TSL7584]

Missing 62 years

 

[homecooked]

Another article was written about her in 2021

Lyrian Barry: 22-Year-Old Mom Goes Missing From Mississippi in 1960

Lyrian Barry placed her 8-month-old daughter into her sister's arms as she left town to prepare a better life. She never returned.

ourblackgirls.com

"It was also revealed by Lyrian’s aunt that she saw some sort of advertisement for someone looking for a live-in maid, however, the aunt doesn’t remember where it was. She reportedly stated that the job was either in Needham, Massachusetts, or Bridgeport, Connecticut. Lyrian was scheduled to travel to interview for the position and that fight she allegedly had with Lucas’s wife occurred on the evening of her departure."

"There were people who reported multiple sightings of Lyrian from Chicago to Massachusetts. A woman in New England told authorities that she did have a young Black woman who lived with her as a live-in maid, but the employer couldn’t remember any details about the young lady."

 

[DS2021]

I believe the UID waS/is a DOE DNA case so I would guess there was no match but Lyrian’s family is still actively searching.

Woman thinks Grundy County cold case victim may be missing sister

Highly doubt it, she wouldve had to have been alive 16 years after her disappearance

 

[imstilla.grandma]

On June 1, 1960, Lyrian Barry-Stallings, a 5-foot-tall Black woman, boarded a Greyhound bus in Columbus to get to St. Louis, Missouri. She vanished, never to be seen at her destination or have further contact with her family.

Her missing persons case is among the profiles of hundreds of people in a searchable online database created by a Mississippi State University forensic anthropologist who hopes to help law enforcement find them and give their loved ones closure.

“(This is) to allow the public access to missing persons data so the state of Mississippi and anyone in Mississippi could find anyone who was missing in this state and information for families to advocate for them,” said Jesse Goliath, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures.

The Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons, launched in November, includes pictures, demographic information, where they were last seen and circumstances of their disappearance.

Since its launch, the database has profiles for 475 missing people and 51 profiles for unidentified remains.

MSU forensic anthropologist offers hope in IDing long missing persons - Mississippi Today

Profiles of hundreds of people are now in a searchable online database created by a Mississippi State University forensic anthropologist.

mississippitoday.org

 

[bettyboop]

Oh my, I just read the link in @ Richard's post. I suggest reading it, even though it is extremely sad. So many things could have happened to her, and her family is still waiting for an answer.

 

[lightofmine99]

Lyrian is now on the Doe Network!

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