In Memoriam
The following classmates have left this life but live on in our memories of our dear time with them at Lyons High School.
(Please submit names and date of death to the Webmaster of any classmates that you know are deceased and have not been listed below. Where the class pictures are available online, the name will have a hyperlink and you may click it to see the classmate's school photo.
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Most Recent (10):
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Mike Bown, Class of '67, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021, at Advent Health in Orlando, FL., after a brief illness.
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Barbara Jean (Miller) Phillips, Class of '72, passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, after a short illness.
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Stella Louise (McNair) McDaniel, Class of '66, passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2021, at the Community Hospice Center in Vidalia, GA.
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Carolyn (Moore) Blocker, Class of '57, passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at Memorial Health Hospital in Vidalia, GA., after an extended illness.
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Winton Williamson, Class of '55, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia, after a brief illness.
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James Tootle, Class of '64, passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2021, in Cochran, GA. after an extended illness.
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David Burke, Class of '64, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021, at the Community Hospice in Vidalia, after a brief illness.
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Danny Youmans, Class of '64, passed away on August 31, 2021, at Piedmont Athens Regional Center.
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Barbara Lee (Chancey) Wilder, passed away on August 28, 2021, at her home after a sudden illness.
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James Powell, Class of '63, passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at East Georgia Medical Center in Statesboro, GA.
Class of 1972 (1)
Barbara Jean (Miller) Phillips - Oct 8, 2021
Class of 1971 (5)
Betty Jean Crews - 2011
Sue DeLoach - 2011
Louis Wayne Johnson - Jul 5, 2019
Glen Wooten - Apr 9, 2008
Frank Youmans
Class of 1970 (5)
Bill Bacon
Ronnie Bowen - Aug 21, 2014
Jerry Jarrell
William Panic - Sep 22, 2019
Joey Tomlin
Class of 1969 (10)
Debbie (Braziel) Pope - May 16, 2021
Charles Gray - May 22, 2021
Peggy Marie (Reese) Toole - Jul 28, 2021
Lynda (Holland) Reynolds - Mar 19, 2007
Ryoun P. Knies - Feb 22, 2021
Brenda (Lynn) Kordzikoski - Jun 8, 2020
Gail (Mayes) Edenfield - Apr 16, 2017
Janice (Meeks) Collier - Jun 27, 2019
Michael Wayne Morris - Jul 19, 2014
Sue Ann Newton - Mar 21, 1965
Class of 1968 (20)
Charles Bacon - Jan 15, 2007
Kenny Bryant - Jan 19, 2018
Emma Ree (Collins) Brunner - Aug 12, 2020
Melba Copeland - Jun 1, 2015
Danny Daniels - Dec 4, 1997
John "Johnny" Durst - Aug 24, 2020
Angela (Everest) Redding - Sep 15, 2019
Teresa Fields - Feb 5, 1971
Carey Hall - Jul 16, 2017
Donnie Johnson - Jul 26, 2016
Danny Krulic - April 2, 2019
Byron Lankford
Benny Ray McNair - Jun 23, 1982
Eddie Moseley - Nov 26, 2013
Bobby Mosley - Jan 30, 1967
George Page - Nov 6, 2011
Janice Stewart - Nov 26, 2000
Woody Stone - Aug 8, 1994
Gail Wilson - Oct 10, 2016
Glenn Yawn - Sep 24, 2001
Class of 1967 (20)
Jacky Amerson - Jun 14, 2003
Linda Barrow - Mar 25, 2015
Herbert Bowen- Nov 23, 1975
Mike Bowen - Oct 11, 2021
Patsy Bray - May 13, 2009
Ronnie Collins - May 12, 2016
Diane Drake - Sep 22, 2011
Henry Floyd Faircloth - Mar 27, 1969
Ray Frost
Wayne Gibbs- Aug 31, 2001
Dan Gray - Mar 6, 2021
Lyndon "Lindy" McDonald - Sep 5, 2020
Mary (McLendon) Phillips - Mar 7, 2021
Jimmy Meeks
Annette Poole - Oct 19, 2018
Larry Powell - Jun 12, 1979
Sherry Schunck - Jul 31, 2018
Jay Spell - Jun 10, 2009
Pete Wright - Jul 30, 2001
Dale Yarbrough - Aug 21, 2018
Class of 1966 (25)
Roland Bass - Apr 14, 2016
Richard Lee Brown - Jan 12, 1995
Barbara Lee (Chancey) Wilder - Aug 28, 2021
Betsy Clifton
Carol Ann (Darley) Braddock - Mar 10, 2007
Talley Lee Edwards - Dec 13, 2014
Brenda (Helms) Adams - Nov 6, 2006
Frances (Daniels) Johnson - Jul 3, 2011
Claudette (Durrence) Collins- Nov 7, 1982
Butch McLendon - Feb 20, 2010
Stella Louise (McNair) McDaniel - Oct 2, 2021
Frances "Sue" (McWhorter) Evans- Jan 20, 2008
Calvin Earl Morris - Aug 9, 1968
Douglas Mosley - Sep 30, 2015
Anita Melinda (Odom) Meeks - Jan 1, 1997
Sandra Gail Odom - Apr 9, 1967
Cecil O'Neal - Jul 16, 2018
Van Page - May 29, 2017
Earl Powell - May 14, 2011
Shirley (Powell) Lamm - Feb 21, 1998
Robert Hugh "Bobby" Schnelle - Nov 13, 2019
Jayne Charlotte (Spell) Page - Dec 30, 1999
Billy Wilson - Oct 3, 2020
Ronnie Yawn - Nov 16, 2011
Russell Youmans - Jan 5, 2019
Class of 1965 (35)
Albert Akins - Oct 10, 2009
Benny Anderson - Apr 26, 2002
Troy Anderson - Nov 17, 1971
Ronnie Blaxton - Jul 7, 2016
Cherry (Boatright) Taylor - Aug 27, 2008
Elaine (Braddy) Morris - Jan 2, 2019
Dorothy Nell Brantley - Jan 5, 1969
Kenneth "Kenny" Burton - Dec 9, 2020
Don Carter - Sep 25, 2015
Albert Collins - Jun 24, 2000
Charles Collins - Aug 7, 2014
Dwayne Dykes - Apr 4, 2004
David Edenfield - Mar 24, 2012
Cecil Garrett - Sep 9, 2019
Patricia (Halligan) Temple - Apr 9, 2011
Bill Harden - Mar 22, 2010
William Harden - Jan 27, 1967
Carson Kersey - 2002
Lou Ann Lanier - Jul 11, 1968
Chip Matheson - Oct 15, 2013
Chris Matheson - Jul 19, 2021
Dennis Mclendon - Feb 9, 2018
Chris McRae - Aug 6, 2016
J. A. Norris
Susan Smith
Lloyd Stewart - Jan 8, 2009
Don Thompson - Apr 21, 2021
Larry Thompson - Jul 3, 1965
David Thigpen - 2007
Larry Trull - Jan 31, 2009
Joann (Toole) NeeSmith - Dec 7, 2008
Larry Wilkes - Jun 20, 2016
Martha Carol (Williams) Johnson - Oct 9, 2020
Nancy Wright - Jan 10, 2001
Jimmy Youmans - Apr 17, 2017
Class of 1964 (28)
Ronald Ansley
Donald Banks - May 30, 2017
Curtis Black - Jun 7, 1969
Geraldine Bowen
Steve Bowen - Feb 28, 2021
David Burke - Sep 10, 2021
James David "Dick" Burton - Oct 28, 2013
Doyle C. Clark, Sr. - Dec 22, 2017
James "Midget" Collins - Nov 22, 1989
Buddy Dismuke - Nov 9, 2011
James. W. Dowd - Oct 1, 1986
Linda Ann Hayslip - Dec 3, 2008
Barbara Ann Lynn
Charles Lynn - Jul 5, 1991
Darlene McLendon
Janis Metzler - Feb 2, 2011
Ronny Moore - Apr 20, 2006
Regy Morrison
Rusty Randall - Aug 14, 1991
Sara Velma Roundtree Phillips - April 28, 2021
Catha Sue Spell - Aug 11, 2016
Inez Taylor - Jun 18, 2019
James Tootle - Sep 15, 2021
Junior Tootle
Benny Trapnell - Mar 4, 1967
Joseph Eugene "Gene" Wiggins - Mar 21, 2019
Mabel Wilson - Dec 25, 2011
Danny Youmans - Aug 31, 2021
Class of 1963 (21)
Darrell C. Amerson - Jan 25, 2002
Louise Bacon - May 19, 2014
Dallas Clark - Jan 1, 2020
Martha Jo (Clifton) Wright - Jan 14, 2021
Diane (Fallen) Avret - Aug 2, 2020
Jack Gordy - Jul 12, 2009
Randy Grimm - Jul 3, 2021
Prince Halligan - Jul 11, 2021
C. L. James - Feb 22, 2016
Ray Johnson - Jun 28, 2019
William L. "Billy" Lentile - Jul 1990
Larry Logan - Sep 9, 1988
Aaron Lynn
Joyce Moore - Jun 26, 2013
George Moye - Jan 28, 2020
Beth (Page) Holland - Oct 4, 2020
James Powell - Aug 19, 2021
Patsy (Price) Surratt - Feb 4, 2019
Howell Sheppard
Donald Wayne Usher - Sep 9, 2016
Peggy (Williamson) Beckum - Aug 29, 2016
Class of 1962 (34)
Dora Bell (Anderson) Williamson - May 13, 2019
Fred Bowen - Jul 7, 1991
Jerry Cochran - Jan 7, 2008
Betty Jean (Collins) Stanford - Jun 3, 1996
Marion "Pete" Day -
Dianne (Fallen) Avret - Aug 2, 2020
Patricia (Gordon) Phillips - Mar 6, 2009
Sonny Holland - May 30, 2001
Tommy Jordan - Aug 13, 2017
Bill Keel - May 8, 2000
Ronald Keen - Feb 3, 2019
Linda (Kemp) Poole - Nov 3, 1999
Clara Mae (Lewis) Mayes - Feb 22, 1993
Kelly Wayne McDilda - Oct 19, 2019
Dan Miot - Mar 11, 2017
Bill Moore - Mar 3, 1991
Donald Morris - Oct 22, 1969
Martha (Odom) Cady - Jul 2, 1997
James O'neal - Nov 6, 2008
Calvin Powell - Mar 22, 2003
Johnnie (Roundtree) Scott - May 11, 1999
Melba Jean (Roundtree) Howard - Jun 28, 2020
Linda Scarboro - Sep 20, 1989
Ellen (Slocum) Williams - Oct 8, 2005
Johnny Slocum - Jul 15, 1996
Betty (Smith) Monroe - May 23, 2012
Wendell Starr - Dec 16, 2004
Linda Kay (Stanley) Hagan - Jun 23, 2017
Roy Lee Stewart - Oct 4, 2019
Donnelle (Toole) Shead - Jun 27, 2009
Carl Underwood - Dec 22, 2018
Earnest Waller - Apr 8, 2004
Pearl (Williams) Scott - Oct 8, 2005
Jacqulin "Jackie" (Wilson) Youmans - Oct 2, 2019
Class of 1961 (12)
Charles Edward Cooper - Jun 21, 2014
Richard Dickerson - Jul 30, 2020
Alexis Driggers - Sep 25, 2015
Jolly Y. Graham - Sep 14, 2020
Julian McDermott
George E. Moody - Aug 31, 2014
Arthur Reese - Apr 4, 2016
Hugh Charles Rustin - Jan 1, 2010
David Gene Sikes - Dec 21, 2013
Larry Smith - Sep 1994
Richard Thompson - Oct 31, 2005
Troy Trull - Feb 14, 2018
Class of 1960 (28)
Winston Bowen - Mar 4, 2017
Nora Margie (Brown) Burchell - Oct 25, 2015
Bill Carter - Apr 5, 2007
Carol (Clark) Mason - Jul 18, 2003
Sam Fannin
Millard Ganey - Jun 24, 1999
Melvin Hardiman
Suzanne (Higgs) Stroman - Jun 5, 2020
Barry Jones - Feb 5, 1968
Don Kight
Aloma Lamb Johnson - Aug 2015
Dickey Lanier - Jul 11, 1968
Corbit Mason - Apr 11, 2020
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
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
Class of 1959 (17)
Johnny Anderson - Dec 15, 2014
Fred Brogdon - Feb 10, 2020
Sandra Clark - Feb 4, 2014
William Lawson Findley - May 28, 2009
Lois (Harden) Holden - Jun 20, 2021
Jann (Jones) Truax - Jun 22, 2017
Sam J Meeks - Jun 4, 2001
Otis Jerald Miller - Feb 7, 2016
Ray Moody - Mar 2, 2017
Bobby Powell - Dec 10, 2000
Jean (Phillips) Brogdon - May 29, 2020
Phillip Phillips - Dec 16, 1959
Gerald Sharpe - 1999
Sarah Ellen (Sheppard) Memory - May 9, 2019
Ronnie Smith - Feb 5, 2009
James Stevens -1999
Wilbur Stewart - 1995
Class of 1958 (22)
Martha Jean (Anderson) Lilliard - Aug 1, 2018
Ava Jean Bullock
Frances (Cooper) Williamson - Jul 27, 2020
Kaye Dickerson - 2008
Judy Ann Dollarmore
George Fant - Oct 15, 2015
Larry Gossett - Jan 17, 2010
Lauren Holt
Thelma Hudson
Charleen Jarriel
Janelle (Kight) Hill - Apr 19, 2019
Joyce (Kight) McNair - Jan 25, 2021
Patricia "Pat" Massey Kirkland - May 6, 2019
Raymond Landrum - Jan 1, 2013
James L. McClain - Aug 5, 2018
David Morris - Mar 11, 2019
Charles Parker - 2009
Junior Rogers
Ronald Simpson - Apr 7, 2019
Wendell Stevens
Leonard "Tank" Thompson - May 19, 2016
Elsie "Lucy" (Williamson) Oglesby - Feb 5, 2017
Class of 1957 (15)
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 (Maddox) Grimes - Jul 31, 2018
Winston M. Meeks - Jun 26, 2021
Maurice Miot - Feb 12, 1984
Don Monroe - 2002
Carolyn (Moore) Blocker - Sep 29, 2021
Ralph Stewart - Sep 9, 2013
Wilbur R. Stewart - 1995
Patsy Williamson - 1958
Class of 1956 (27)
Aubrey Anderson - Jan 24, 2017
Gilbert Clark
Gladys Colson - Jul 23, 2011
Sammy Craft - Jul 9, 2020
Charles Driggers
W. L. Findley - May 27, 2009
Elvis "Billy Boo" Futch - Mar 24, 2015
Harvey Gainey
James Grimes
Bernard Hardin - Sep 6, 2009
Jacquelyn Holland
Susan (Jones) Darrell -May 23, 2020
George Langford - Jan 6, 2001
Tommy McDaniel
Ben Jack McDilda
Kendall Morris - Jan 28, 2019
Mary (Molly) Mullins - Jul 7, 2009
Charles NeeSmith - Nov 28, 1992
Louis Fay Starra, Jr. - Jan 3, 2021
Bernice Taylor
Kent Youmans
Class of 1955 (3)
Buck Cravey - Jan 21, 2014
Frances Loretta (Wilkes) Darby - Oct 22, 2020
Winton Williamson - Sep 21, 2021
Class of 1954 (15)
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
William Marion Jordan - Sep 30, 2020
Harry Lane - May 15, 2013
Larry Lane - Apr 3, 2020
Miami (Loyed) Monroe - Sep 8, 2020
Pam Taylor - Jan 26, 2007
Dan Thompson - Sep 23, 2001
Class of 1953 (6)
Gilbert Clark
Martha Nell (Gordy) Powell - Oct 19, 2019
Tommie McDaniel
Lou Ann Moseley
Melba (Edenfield) Mosley - Dec 22, 2018
Malone Sharpe
Class of 1952 (1)
J.D. Collins - Dec 7, 2019
Class of 1951 (1)
Vernon Talmadge Kight - Jun 28, 2017
Class of 1950 (18)
Richard Anderson
Delphine Bryant
Annie (Bell) Coursey
Al Farmer
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
Maxina Sharpe
Harold Thompson
McKinley Thompson
Wendell Thompson
Christine Williamson
Class of 1949 (25)
William Travis Aiken
Charles F. Ambrose - Nov 23, 2015
Loree Anderson
Inez (James) Shuman Beard
Sarah (Bryant) Dickerson - Jan 2, 2020
Charles Clifton
Christine (Edenfield) Coleman
Billie Jean (Smith) Cowart
Evelyn Cravey
William "Bill" Charles Cumbie - Mar 2, 2019
Charles Dent
Bobby Jackson
Hugh Jones - Mar 8, 1999
H. D. McLendon
Emory Maxwell "Mack" Mixon
Nell Mixon
Marvin Phillips
Jim Pye
Harold Rhoden
Eloise (Kight) Rolison
Bobbie Rustin
Holmes Tarver
Charles B. Turner
Lola (Brown) Vaughn
Felton Watson
Class of 1948 (6)
Betty (Anderson) Mayo - Mar 13, 2018
Eloise (Bowen) Mosley - Mar 30, 2019
Simeon "Ike" Hussey - Jul 4, 2006
Bobby L. McDilda - Jun 17, 1955
Norma Mae NeeSmith - Apr 20, 1986
Billy Smith - Jun 25, 2018
Class of 1947 (5)
Hazel (Rewis) Bacon - May 13, 2001
Billie (Higgs) Jones - Mar 20, 2020
Betty Jean Kramer - Nov 15, 2019
Dovie (Lee) Mosley - Sep 21, 2016
Bob Wilkes
Class of 1946 (4)
Juanita (Garrett) Braddy - Jan 6, 2019
Mary Lockley - Nov 11, 2015
Elton Sikes, Jr. - Sep 11, 2017
Joyce Eloise (Taylor) Talley- Mar 8, 2018
Class of 1945 (4)
Carlotta Ganey Drew
Gilbert Garrett
Edith (Wynell) "Nell" NeeSmith - Jun 22, 1992
J. Z. McKinley - Sep 25, 2015
Class of 1944 (4)
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
Class of 1943 (2)
Marjorie Gray Hodges - May 27, 1981
Tommy Talley- May 11, 2015
Class of 1942 (1)
Edna (Dent) Dees - Feb 2, 2018
Class of 1941 (3)
Frankie (Aaron) Lanier - Oct 10, 2019
Hilda (Gray) Mayo - Jul 18, 2018
Clyde Powell Strickland - Sep 24, 2014
Class of 1940 (4)
James Maxwell Flanders - Feb 24, 2020
Robert Gray - Mar 27, 1995
George "Don" McQueen - Dec 11, 1987
Era Spell - Aug 7, 2016
Class of 1939 (3)
George Thomas "GT" Gray - Aug 10, 2009
Theodore (Teddy) Kavakos - Nov 5, 2003
Loyce Thompson Poole - Jun 17, 2014
Class of 1938 (2)
Etheleen (Anderson) Riner - Mar 14, 2017
Frances (Cole) Dolamore - Sep 20, 2017
Class of 1937 (2)
Jessie Elizabeth (Bland) Hart Conner - Jan 14, 2015
Ora (Moore) Winge - Mar 18, 2020
Class of 1934 (2)
Lorraine (Kavakos) Carter Robbins- Dec 20, 2013
Joey Long Morris - Jan 21, 2021