CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Edward W. Lyons, 5 Nov 1999
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Edward W. Lyons
11/08/99 
   Edward Wiley Lyons, 87, formerly of 1600 Dixon Street, Elizabethton, 
died Friday, November 5, 1999, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an 
extended illness.
   Mr. Lyons was born April 11, 1912, in Old Fish Springs, the son of the 
late Jerry Turner and Mary Abby Mathis Lyons. He was also preceded in 
death by a sister, Sarah Lyons Jennings, and a brother, Guy Lyons.
   Mr. Lyons joned the Navy during World War II and served in the Pacific 
aboard the destroyer, U.S.S. Haynesworth. He also served with the National 
Guard at Fort Devens, Mass., during the Korean Conflict. He was a life 
member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166 where he served 
as a member of the burial detail for over 50 years. He retired after 50 
years of service from North American Rayon Corporation.
   Survivors include his wife, Elma Knight Lyons, of the home; two daughters 
and sons-in-law, Mary "Bobbie" and Walter Brown and Vickie and Chester 
Little, all of Elizabethton; and a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Donna 
Lyons, Huber Heights, Ohio. Eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren 
also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Tetrick, is in charge of arrangements.

   LYONS -- Funeral services for Edward Wiley Lyons, 87, formerly of 1600 
Dixon Street, Elizabethton, who died Friday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Sunday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Mark Street and Greg 
Key, ministers, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mike 
Fleenor.  Graveside services and interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Happy 
Valley Memorial Park with military honors to be accorded by the Captain Lynn 
H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166. Active pallbearers will be David Lyons, Spencer 
Davis, Kevin Little, Robert Smith, Robert Stennett and Troy Wagner. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Howard Simerly, Jerry Simerly, Murrell Wagner, Howard 
Jewett, Eston Shaffer, members of the Honor Guard of V.F.W. Post #2166 and 
the staff and employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Everyone will meet at the 
funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Monday to go in procession to the cemetery. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. 
Friends may also call at the residence any time. For those who prefer, 
memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to West Side Christian 
Church, 1307 West G Street, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick, is in charge 
of arrangements.