Authorities are looking for family members of three men who died recently in Jefferson County.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the men as Lugene Tyus Jr., 68, Eddie Lee Smallwood, 63, and Willie Charles Barker, 71.

Their bodies are ready to be released for burial, but coroner’s officials have not been able to locate relatives to notify them of the deaths.

Tyus was found unresponsive Jan. 9 in his tent where he lived under a pavilion at Linn Park in downtown Birmingham.

The discovery was made at 11:57 a.m. that Tuesday, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.

No foul play is suspect in his death.

Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Tyus had ties to Prattville in Autauga County. Several years ago, his mother Annie Buford in Chicago, was listed as his emergency contact.

Smallwood, a Black male, died Dec. 1 at UAB Hospital.

He had been taken to the hospital from the 700 block of East Troy Street in Brundidge suffering from significant natural disease.

Smallwood’s friends told authorities they had no knowledge of his family members. He had lived in Troy for several years and had possible ties to Michigan earlier in his life.

No photo of Smallwood was available.

Baker, a Black male, was a resident at Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation on Sixth Avenue West in Birmingham. He was under the care of Affinity Hospice when he died of natural causes Jan. 7 at the facility.

All attempts to identify possible family have failed. There was no photo available of Baker.

Family members are asked to call the coroner’s office at 205-930-3603.