CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Lillie "Till" McKinney Lyons, 22 Jan 2004
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Lillie "Till" McKinney Lyons, 84, Lyons Rd., Hampton, died 
Thursday, January 22, 2004 in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home.
A native of Roan Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Will and 
Stella Shell McKinney.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Lyons was also a foster parent for several years.
Mrs. Lyons was a member of Pearce's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dallas Lyons; six sisters, 
Gladys McKinney, Edith Stringer, Lois Beam, Lorene Hajicek, Maxine 
Matherly and Creola Stanley; two brothers, Ernest and Roy McKinney, 
and an infant son, Robert.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, John Durl and Helen Hyatt, 
Hampton; a daughter, Joan Bravo, Hampton; a special foster daughter 
and her husband, Pearl and Wayne Clemons, Elizabethton; three sisters, 
Missouri Brown, Agnes Walker and Willie Baughman, all of Elizabethton; 
grandsons, John Hyatt, Jr., Mark Hyatt, Matthew Hyatt and Wayne 
Clemons, Jr.; granddaughters, Marlo Carden and Kathy Clemons; great 
grandchildren, Kara, Morgan, Logan, Blake, Josh, Whitney, Megan, Lauren, 
Bethany, Josh and Sarah, and her special friends, Betty Andrews and 
Terry Lyons. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 
2004 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Waycaster and 
Rev. Bob Campbell officiating. Burial will follow in the Lyons Family 
Cemetery. Jennifer Crabtree will provide the music. Active pallbearers 
will be John Hyatt, Jr., Mark Hyatt, Matthew Hyatt, Junior Stanley, 
Sammy Matherly, Rick Baughman, Danny Walker, Tommy Walker and Larry 
Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Ray Beam, Glen Beam, Don 
Brown, Bill Brown, Wayne Clemons, Wayne Clemons, Jr., Richard Baughman 
and T.J. Walker. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. 
Saturday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence 
of her daughter, Joan Bravo, 113 Lyons Rd., Hampton. Condolences may 
be e-mailed to the Lyons family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral 
Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

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