BECKLEY - Byron Douglas Witten, 40, of Beckley died Oct. 27, 1998, in Raleigh General Hospital after a short illness. He was a Baptist, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and attended West Virginia State College and the College of West Virginia. Surviving: daughter, Shamara Reed of Houston; mother, Clarice Royster Witten of Beckley; brother, Jesse Tyrone Witten of Beckley. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley, with Bishop Fred T. Simms and the Rev. Joseph Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Beckley. Friends may call one hour prior to service at the funeral home.