San Joaquin-Contra Costa County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Lyons, Lenon September 30 2004
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The Record  October 8, 2004
Manteca
Lenon Lyons 
Nov. 30, 1911 - Sept. 30, 2004



Born in Omaha, TX, November 30, 1911, the third of fourteen children, he was 
the eldest of twelve to reach adulthood.
He leaves to remember life his five daughters and a son: Sharon Lyons of San 
Jose, Michael Lyons of Richmond, Lennette Gaines of Manteca, Dawn Rodriguez of 
Stockton, Melba Lyons of Sacramento, La France Austin of Sacramento; two 
brothers: Nolan Lyons of Lancaster, John Lyons of Llano; five sisters: Deborah 
Lyons of Homewood, IL, Doris Stewart of Harbor City, Iola Trujillo of Garden 
Grove, Winnie Johnson of Glendale, AZ and Lillian Smith of Compton, plus a host 
of cousins, In-laws, nieces, nephews, friends, eight grandchildren and two 
great-grandchildren.
He came to California in 1943 in the employ of the US Army Air Corps during the 
Second World War. A case of the measles kept him from traveling with his Air 
Base Security unit to Europe. He served honorably Stateside and was discharged 
as a Sergeant.
Known in Richmond as the "Five Dollar Man" to his legion of youthful Barber 
Shop customers, Lenon Lyons was the proprietor of Ebony Barber Shop on 
Macdonald Avenue from 1979 until his retirement in 1997.
Baptized into the Church of Christ in 1956, you could often see him reading his 
Bible while awaiting customers; he served faithfully as a member of the 
Southside Church of Christ, and the Hilltop Church of Christ while in Richmond 
and attended the East Main Church of Christ in Stockton until his passing in 
Manteca on September 30, 2004. 
Funeral Service: Saturday, October 9, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. at Church of Christ, 
3450 El Portal Drive, Richmond, CA. 



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