CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Denton E. Lyons, 26 May 2002
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Denton E. Lyons

   Denton E. Lyons, 82, formerly of George Bowers Road, Elizabethton, 
died Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Pine Ridge Care Center following a brief 
illness.
   Mr. Lyons was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Elbert 
and Martha Alice Shipley Lyons. He was also preceded in death by his wife, 
Bonnie Retha Bowers Lyons, and a granddaughter, Ellen Lyons, in 1977.
   Mr. Lyons attended Community Fellowship Church, Watauga, and was a 
retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation.
   Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Howell Edward and 
Brookie Lyons, Rockwood, Tenn., and Ronnie Wayne and Edna Lyons, Milano, 
Texas; three daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte L. and John Browder Jr., 
Elizabethton, Carol and Terry Walker, Rockdale, Texas, and Mary Alice and 
Keith Moody, Kingsport; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a 
sister, Axie Hicks, Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site at 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   LYONS -- Funeral services for Denton E. Lyons, 82, formerly of George 
Bowers Road, Elizabethton, who died Sunday, May 26, 2002, will be conducted 
at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home 
with the Rev. Ken Hauser and the Rev. Kyle Falin officiating. Music will 
be under the direction of Rick Sweeney. Graveside services and interment 
will follow the funeral service at Combs Cemetery. Active pallbearers will 
be John Browder III, Hal Lyons Jr., Randal Vance, Roger Clemons, Freddie 
Gouge and Maxwell Collins. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Kiser, Raymond 
Perkinson, Albert Williams, Eugene Davis and Thorton Daniels. The family 
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-
plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements.