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In Memoriam

Lyons High School

1934-1960

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Class of 1960

Winston Bowen - Mar 4, 2017

Nora Margie (Brown) Burchell - Oct 25, 2015

Kenny Calhoun - Sep 22, 2024

Bill Carter - Apr 5, 2007

Carol (Clark) Mason - Jul 18, 2003

Johnny Collins - May 22, 2022

Linda Dennis

Johnny Dixon - June 29, 2021

Sam Fannin 

Millard Ganey - Jun 24, 1999

Melvin Hardiman

Suzanne (Higgs) Stroman - Jun 5, 2020

Linda (Hudson) Neuhaus - Jun 17, 2021

Barry Jones - Feb 5, 1968

Don Kight

Aloma (Lamb) Johnson - Aug 2015

Dickey Lanier - Jul 11, 1968

Corbit Mason - Apr 11, 2020

Yvonne (Meadows) White - Apr 18, 2024

Devon Moore

Jimmy Morris

Linda Joyce NeeSmith - Mar 24, 2009

Glenn Page - Nov 1, 2016

Monroe Patterson - Jul 11, 1968

Elizabeth Powell

Mary Rountree

Joe Sapp

David L. Sharpe - Jul 10, 2023

Sarah Ellen (Sheppard) Memory - May 9, 2019

Faye (Taylor) Stewart - Sep 3, 2017

Henry Thigpen - 1985

Freddie Thompson

Mary Grace (Wilkes) Hutcheson - Dec 9, 2016

Wayne Williamson - Nov 1, 2011

Betty Jo Wilson

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Class of 1959  

Johnny Anderson - Dec 15, 2014

Fred Brogdon - Feb 10, 2020

Sandra (Brown) Connell - Oct 29, 2021

Sandra Clark - Feb 4, 2014

William J. Findley - May 27, 2024

Lois (Harden) Holden - Jun 20, 2021

Jan (James) Truax - Jun 22, 2017

Sam J Meeks - Jun 4, 2001

Otis Jerald Miller - Feb 7, 2016

Ray Moody - Mar 2, 2017

Josie 'Jo' Belle (Mosley) Toole - Aug 6, 2023

Bobby Powell - Dec 10, 2000

Jean (Phillips) Brogdon - May 29, 2020

Phillip Phillips - Dec 16, 1959

Carolyn (Sauls) Brooks -Sep 1, 2023.

Gerald Sharpe - Sep 24, 1999

Sarah Ellen (Sheppard) Memory - May 9, 2019

Miriam (Smith) Taylor - Apr 20, 2023

Ronnie Smith -  Feb 5, 2009

James Stevens -1999

Wilbur Stewart - 1995

Frank Wright - Aug 15, 2023

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Class of 1958  

Martha Jean (Anderson) Lilliard - Aug 1, 2018

Fred Alexander - Apr 26, 2023

Ava Jean Bullock

Frances (Cooper) Williamson - Jul 27, 2020

Jerry Craft - Sep 17, 2023

Kaye Dickerson - 2008

Judy Ann Dollarmore

George Fant - Oct 15, 2015

Larry Gossett - Jan 17, 2010

Deloris (Holland) Powell - Oct 2, 2022

Lauren Holt

Thelma Hudson

Charleen Jarriel

Janelle (Kight) Hill - Apr 19, 2019

Joyce (Kight) McNair - Jan 25, 2021

Raymond Landrum - Jan 1, 2013

Patricia "Pat" (Massey) Kirkland - May 6, 2019

James L. McClain - Aug 5, 2018

David Morris - Mar 11, 2019

Charles Parker - 2009

Junior Rogers

Ronald Simpson - Apr 7, 2019

Kenneth Sowell - Aug 5, 2023

Wendell Stevens

Leonard "Tank" Thompson - May 19, 2016

Elsie "Lucy" (Williamson) Oglesby - Feb 5, 2017

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Class of 1957  

Gene Braddy - Oct 12, 2023

Harry L. Brown, Jr. - Dec 21, 2018

Eugenia (Culberson) McDilda - Mar 2, 2019

Gloria Gordy - 2010

Remus "Sonny" Graham - Apr 1, 2008

Walter "Ed" Edward Grier - Aug 23, 2018

Cassie Mae (Holland) Anderson - Jul 17, 2021

Gaity Hutto

Betty (Kight) Page - Jan 5, 2023

Betty (Maddox) Grimes - Jul 31, 2018

Winston M. Meeks - Jun 26, 2021

Maurice Miot - Feb 12, 1984

Don Monroe - 2004

Carolyn (Moore) Blocker - Sep 29, 2021

Thomas Edward "Ed" Rowland - Apr 28, 2024

Ann (Stacks) Futch - Dec 21, 2023

Ralph Stewart - Sep 9, 2013

Wilbur R. Stewart - 1995

Patsy Williamson - 1958

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Class of 1956  

Aubrey Anderson - Jan 24, 2017

Kenneth Browning

Gilbert Clark

Elton Collins

Gladys Colson - Jul 23, 2011

Sammy Craft - Jul 9, 2020

Charles Driggers

W. L. Findley - May 27, 2009

Bennett "Hopalong" Flanders - May 4, 2022

Elvis "Billy Boo" Futch - Mar 24, 2015

Harvey Gainey

Dorothy (Gay) Gainey - Feb 4, 2022

Eudene Gay

Miriam Gibson

James Grimes

Bernard Hardin - Sep 6, 2009

Jacquelyn Holland

Susan (Jones) Darrell -May 23, 2020

Frank Kight

Iris Kight

George Langford - Jan 6, 2001

Tommy McDaniel

Ben Jack McDilda - Dec 15, 2003

Lois Jean (McLain) Phillips - Oct 25, 2021

Kendall Morris - Jan 28, 2019

Mary (Molly) Mullins - Jul 7, 2009

Charles NeeSmith - Nov 28, 1992

Ann (Oliver) Clark - Nov 21, 2021

Betty (Page) Jones - May 20, 2023

Nan (Price) Oliver - Nov 15, 2021

Louis Fay Starra, Jr. - Jan 3, 2021

Bernice Taylor

Gail Trapnell - Apr 28, 2023

Tommie (Wilson) James - Jul 5, 2023

Kent Youmans - 2002

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Class of 1955 

Billy Clark - Feb 21, 2024

Buck Cravey - Jan 21, 2014

Margie (Higgs) Patrick - Mar 29, 2022

Jack B. Pye - Feb 25, 2023

Frances Loretta (Wilkes) Darby - Oct 22, 2020

Winton Williamson - Sep 21, 2021

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Class of 1954  

Thelma Allen - 1999

Joy (Bargeron) Alexander - Jun 17, 2013

Doris Clifton - Jul 27, 2016

Mary Frances (Collins) Wright - Dec 11. 2019

Bruce Crouch - Apr 9, 2001

Bobby Garbutt - Feb 28, 2006

Annette Grimes - Jul 1, 2016

Norris Herndon - Jan 29, 2018

Dorothy Elmira (Holmes) Frailey - Jul 22, 2019

Anna (Johnson) Pittman - Dec 19, 2021

William Marion Jordan - Sep 30, 2020

Harry Lane - May 15, 2013

Larry Lane - Apr 3, 2020

Miami (Loyed) Monroe - Sep 8, 2020

Mary Ann (Mixon) Blanton - Apr 12, 2024

Yvonne (Morris) Blalock - Mar 5, 2022

Kay (Odom) Truett - May 25, 2024

Edward Otis “T-Bone” Smith - Apr 18, 2022

Betty (Rushing) Tapley - Mar 10, 2022

Pam Taylor - Jan 26, 2007

Dan Thompson - Sep 23, 2001

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Class of 1953  

Gilbert Clark

Melba (Edenfield) Mosley - Dec 22, 2018

Martha Nell (Gordy) Powell - Oct 19, 2019

Lucille (Hutchinson) Seidel - Jul 5, 2024

Tommie McDaniel

Pauline (Monroe) Hall - Aug 14, 2023

Lou Ann Moseley

Frances (Savage) Sharpe - Sep 19, 2023

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Class of 1952  

* J.D. Collins - Dec 7, 2019

Leonard Edenfield - Jan 25, 2023

* Luray (Sharp) Carpenter Reid - Jun 2, 2004

* Fenton Lee Talley - Apr 10, 2022

* Vernon Talmadge Kight - Jun 28, 2017

Marion (Zeigler) Peterson - Apr 21, 2024

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Class of 1951  

* There was no graduating class in 1951 due to Toombs County transitioning to 12 grades that year. Those students who would have graduated in 1951 were required to attend an extra year and graduated instead in 1952. Click here to read an editorial.

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Class of 1950  

Richard Anderson

Delphine Bryant

Annie (Bell) Coursey

Betty Jean (Collins) Bernand - Sep 2, 2014

Al Farmer

Ruby (Gay) Morgan - Feb 4, 2024

Marlene (Jones) Adams - Mar 19, 2019

Velma (Kight) Williamson - Feb 20, 2021

Douglas Gay

J. C. Gay

Gene Johnson

Jimmy E. Lewis - Apr 8, 2020

Ronald Little

Horace Mann - Dec 24, 2018

Howard Sharpe - Jan 9, 2021

T. Malone Sharpe - Aug 9, 1972

Maxine Sharpe

Harold Thompson

McKinley Thompson

Wendell Thompson

Christine Williamson

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Class of 1949  

William Travis Aiken

Charles F. Ambrose - Nov 23, 2015

Loree Anderson

Lola (Brown) Vaughn

Sarah (Bryant) Dickerson - Jan 2, 2020

Charles Clifton

Evelyn Cravey

Janet (Crosby) Harber - Aug 30, 2023

William "Bill" Charles Cumbie - Mar 2, 2019

Charles Dent

Christine (Edenfield) Coleman

Bobby Jackson

Inez (James) Shuman Beard

Hugh Jones - Mar 8, 1999

Eloise (Kight) Rolison

H. D. McLendon

Emory Maxwell "Mack" Mixon

Nell Mixon

Marvin Phillips

Jim Pye

Harold Rhoden

Bobbie Rustin

Billie Jean (Smith) Cowart

Holmes Tarver

Charles B. Turner

Felton Watson

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Class of 1948 

Betty (Anderson) Mayo - Mar 13, 2018

Eloise (Bowen) Mosley - Mar 30, 2019

Margaret (Garrett) McDonald - Jan 13, 2023

Simeon "Ike" Hussey - Jul 4, 2006

Bobby L. McDilda - Jun 17, 1955

Norma Mae NeeSmith - Apr 20, 1986

Billy Smith - Jun 25, 2018

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Class of 1947  

Billie (Higgs) Jones - Mar 20, 2020

Meldra (Higgs) Collins - Oct 27, 2021

Betty Jean Kramer - Nov 15, 2019

Dovie (Lee) Mosley - Sep 21, 2016

Martin "MD" Nobles - Feb 18, 2022

Hazel (Rewis) Bacon - May 13, 2001

Lorraine (Usher) Lewis - May 15, 2024

Bob Wilkes

Tressie (Zorn) Wells - Jan 1, 2022

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Class of 1946  

Juanita (Garrett) Braddy - Jan 6, 2019

Mary Lockley - Nov 11, 2015

Elton Sikes, Jr. - Sep 11, 2017

Joyce Eloise (Taylor) Talley- Mar 8, 2018

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Class of 1945  

Carlotta Ganey Drew

Gilbert Garrett

J. Z. McKinley - Sep 25, 2015

Edith (Wynell) "Nell" NeeSmith - Jun 22, 1992

Billy Bernard Thompson - Feb 19, 2024 (Class year estimated from age)

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Class of 1944  

Moses M. Coleman - May 8, 2019

Veda Dent - Jul 29, 2014

Daniel Lee Smith, Sr - Apr 3, 2020 (Class year estimated from age)

Lee Williamson, Jr. - Jul 20,2020

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Class of 1943  

Marjorie (Gray) Hodges - May 27, 1981

Tommy Talley-  May 11, 2015

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Class of 1942  

Edna (Dent) Dees - Feb 2, 2018

Merle (Pye) Wilkes - May 4, 2022

Virginia (Rauton) Collins - Sep 30, 2022


Class of 1941  

Frankie (Aaron) Lanier - Oct 10, 2019

Hilda (Gray) Mayo - Jul 18, 2018

Clyde Powell Strickland - Sep 24, 2014

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Class of 1940  

Lucile (Findley) Freeman

James Maxwell Flanders - Feb 24, 2020

Robert Gray - Mar 27, 1995

George "Don" McQueen - Dec 11, 1987

Lillian (Mitchum) Hellams
Era Spell - Aug 7, 2016

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Class of 1939 

George Thomas "GT" Gray - Aug 10, 2009

Theodore "Teddy" Kavakos - Nov 5, 2003 

Loyce (Thompson) Poole - Jun 17, 2014

Marcia (Tomlin) Joslin - Mar 9, 2024

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Class of 1938 

Etheleen (Anderson) Riner - Mar 14, 2017

Frances (Cole) Dolamore - Sep 20, 2017

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Class of 1937  

Jessie Elizabeth (Bland) Hart Conner - Jan 14, 2015

Ora (Moore) Winge - Mar 18, 2020

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Class of 1936 

Warren P. DeWitt

Leola Elkins

H. K. Lanier

Covin Thompson

J. A. Todd

Boyd Whelchel

H. A. Wheeler - Dec 17, 1987

Georgia Wilkes

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Class of 1934  

Lorraine (Kavakos) Carter Robbins - Dec 20, 2013

Joey Long Morris - Jan 21, 2021

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