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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Diane Fallen Avret, Class of '63, passed away at her home on August 2, 2020, after an extended illness.
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Richard Dickerson, Class of '61, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2020, in Crossville, TN.
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Frances Cooper Williamson, Class of '58, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020, at Meadows Health in Vidalia, GA., after an extended illness.
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Melba Jean Roundtree Howard, Class of '62, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020, at the Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie.
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Lee Williamson, Jr., Class of '44, passed away on July 20, 2020, at Meadows Park Health & Rehabilitation Center in Lyons after an extended illness.
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Sammy Craft, Class of '56, passed away on Jul 9, 2020, at the Community Hospice Center in Vidalia, GA. after an extended illness.
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Brenda Lynn Kordzikoski, Class of '69, passed away on June 8, 2020, at her home in Lyons, GA.
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Suzanne Higgs Stroman, Class of '60, passed away on June 5, 2020, in West Columbia, SC
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Jean Phillips Brogdon, Class of '59, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020, at her home.
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Susan Jones Darrell, Class of '56, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Augusta University Medical Center after a sudden illness.
Class of 1971
Betty Jean Crews - 2011
Sue DeLoach - 2011
Louis Wayne Johnson - Jul 5, 2019
Glen Wooten - Apr 9, 2008
Frank Youmans
Class of 1970
Bill Bacon
Ronnie Bowen - Aug 21, 2014
Jerry Jarrell
William Panic - Sep 22, 2019
Joey Tomlin
Class of 1969
Lynda Holland Reynolds - Mar 19, 2007
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
Charles Bacon - Jan 15, 2007
Kenny Bryant - Jan 19, 2018
Melba Copeland - Jun 1, 2015
Danny Daniels - Dec 4, 1997
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
Jacky Amerson - Jun 14, 2003
Linda Barrow - Mar 25, 2015
Herbert Bowen- Nov 23, 1975
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
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
Roland Bass - Apr 14, 2016
Richard Lee Brown - Jan 12, 1995
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
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
Ronnie Yawn - Nov 16, 2011
Russell Youmans - Jan 5, 2019
Class of 1965
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
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
Dennis Mclendon - Feb 9, 2018
Chris McRae - Aug 6, 2016
J. A. Norris
Susan Smith
Lloyd Stewart - Jan 8, 2009
Larry Thompson - Jul 3, 1965
David Thigpen - 2007
Larry Trull - Jan 31, 2009
Joann Toole NeeSmith - Dec 7, 2008
Larry Wilkes - Jun 20, 2016
Nancy Wright - Jan 10, 2001
Jimmy Youmans - Apr 17, 2017
Class of 1964
Ronald Ansley
Donald Banks - May 30, 2017
Curtis Black - Jun 7, 1969
Geraldine Bowen
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
Catha Sue Spell - Aug 11, 2016
Inez Taylor - Jun 18, 2019
Junior Tootle
Benny Trapnell - Mar 4, 1967
Joseph Eugene "Gene" Wiggins - Mar 21, 2019
Mabel Wilson - Dec 25, 2011
Class of 1963
Darrell C. Amerson - Jan 25, 2002
Louise Bacon - May 19, 2014
Diane Fallen Avret - Aug 2, 2020
Jack Gordy - Jul 12, 2009
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
Patsy Price Surratt - Feb 4, 2019
Howell Sheppard
Donald Wayne Usher - Sep 9, 2016
Peggy Williamson Beckum - Aug 29, 2016
Class of 1962
Fred Bowen
Jerry Cochran - Jan 7, 2008
Betty Jean Collins
Patricia Gordon - Mar 6, 2009
Sonny Holland - May 30, 2001
Tommy Jordan - Aug 13, 2017
Bill Keel
Linda Kemp
Clara Mae Lewis
Kelly Wayne McDilda - Oct 19, 2019
Dan Miot - Mar 11, 2017
Bill Moore
Donald Morris - Oct 22, 1969
Martha Odom
James O'neal - Nov 6, 2008
Johnnie Roundtree
Melba Jean Roundtree Howard - Jun 28, 2020
Linda Scarboro - Sep 20, 1989
Johnny Slocum - Jul 15, 1996
Betty Smith - May 23, 2012
Linda Kay Stanley Hagan - Jun 23, 2017
Roy Lee Stewart - Oct 4, 2019
Carl Underwood - Dec 22, 2018
Pearl Williams
Dora Bell (Anderson) Williamson - May 13, 2019
Jacqulin "Jackie" Wilson Youmans - Oct 2, 2019
Class of 1961
Charles Edward Cooper - Jun 21, 2014
Richard Dickerson - Jul 30, 2020
Alexis Driggers - Sep 25, 2015
Julian McDermott
George E. Moody - Aug 31, 2014
Arthur Reese - Apr 4, 2016
Hugh Charles Rustin - Jan 1, 2010
Larry Smith - Sep 1994
Richard Thompson - Oct 31, 2005
Troy Trull - Feb 14, 2018
Class of 1960
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
Suzanne Higgs Stroman - Jun 5, 2020
Henry Thigpen - 1985
Freddie Thompson
Mary Grace Wilkes Hutcheson - Dec 9, 2016
Wayne Williamson - Nov 1, 2011
Betty Jo Wilson
Class of 1959
Johnny Anderson - Dec 15, 2014
Sandra Clark - Feb 4, 2014
William Lawson Findley - May 28, 2009
Jann Jones Truax - Jun 22, 2017
Sam J Meeks - Jun 4, 2001
Sarah Ellen Sheppard Memory - May 9, 2019
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
Ronnie Smith - Feb 5, 2009
James Stevens -1999
Wilbur Stewart - 1995
Class of 1958
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
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
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
Gaity Hutto
Betty Maddox Grimes - Jul 31, 2018
Maurice Miot - Feb 12, 1984
Don Monroe - 2002
Ralph Stewart - Sep 9, 2013
Wilbur R. Stewart - 1995
Patsy Williamson - 1958
Class of 1956
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
Bernice Taylor
Kent Youmans
Class of 1955
Buck Cravey - Jan 21, 2014
Class of 1954
Joy Bargeron Alexander - Jun 17, 2013
Thelma Allen - 1999
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
Harry Lane - May 15, 2013
Larry Lane - Apr 3, 2020
Pam Taylor - Jan 26, 2007
Dan Thompson - Sep 23, 2001
Class of 1953
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
J.D. Collins - Dec 7, 2019
Class of 1951
Vernon Talmadge Kight - Jun 28, 2017
Class of 1950
Richard Anderson
Delphine Bryant
Annie Bell Coursey
Al Farmer
Marlene Jones Adams - Mar 19, 2019
Douglas Gay
J.C. Gay
Gene Johnson
Jimmy E. Lewis - Apr 8, 2020
Ronald Little
Horace Mann - Dec 24, 2018
Maxina Sharpe
Harold Thompson
McKinley Thompson
Wendell Thompson
Christine Williamson
Class of 1949
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
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
Hazel Rewis Bacon - May 13, 2001
Billie Higgs Jones - Mar 20, 2020
Betty Jean Kramer - Nov 15, 2019
Dovie Lee Mosley - Sep 21, 2016
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
Class of 1945
Carlotta Ganey Drew
Gilbert Garrett
Edith Wynell "Nell" NeeSmith - Jun 22, 1992
J. Z. McKinley - Sep 25, 2015
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
Class of 1943
Marjorie Gray Hodges - May 27, 1981
Tommy Talley- May 11, 2015
Class of 1942
Edna Dent Dees - Feb 2, 2018
Class of 1941
Frankie Aaron Lanier - Oct 10, 2019
Hilda Gray Mayo - Jul 18, 2018
Clyde Powell Strickland - Sep 24, 2014
Class of 1940
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
George Thomas "GT" Gray - Aug 10, 2009
Loyce Thompson Poole - Jun 17, 2014
Class of 1938
Etheleen Anderson Riner - Mar 14, 2017
Frances Cole Dolamore - Sep 20, 2017
Class of 1937
Jessie Elizabeth Bland Hart Conner - Jan 14, 2015
Ora Moore Winge - Mar 18, 2020
Class of 1934
Lorraine Kavakos Carter Robbins- Dec 20, 2013