LYON CEMETERY, JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Lygia Dawkins Cutts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Jane Nichols ren@HiWAAY.net April 1999 THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED OFF CO. RD. 31 AT PIKEVILLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE SANDERS FAMILY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY, BUT ONLY ONE HEADSTONE STANDING. IT USED TO BE IN A COW PASTURE AND HE HAD THEM MOVE THE FENCE SO IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NELSON ERNEST LYON 9-1-1880 1-27-1950 THESE ARE ROCKS WITH "RUDDER FUN. HOME" MARKERS IN FRONT OF THEM. MR. PROCTOR NO DATES MRS. PROCTOR NO DATES MARY JANE BROWNFIELD 1914, ONLY DATE, I ASSUME IS DEATH DATE. MR. SANDERS SAID THERE WERE MANY GRAVES HERE. HE HAS LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND WHEN THEY BURIED MR. LYON THEY DUG INTO 2 OTHER GRAVES THAT WERE NOT MARKED BEFORE THEY FOUND A PLACE TO BURY HIM. TRANSCRIBED BY JANE NICHOLS 4-14-1999