CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Frances "Granny" Roberts Lyons, 5 Dec 2004
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Frances "Granny" Roberts Lyons, 84, Hidden Timbers Drive, Elizabethton, 
died Sunday, December 5, 2004, at Hillview Health Center.

A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Coon and Maggie 
Moffitt Roberts.

Mrs. Lyons was formerly employed at the Magnavox Company and as a cook at 
Happy Valley Elementary School. She was of the Free Will Baptist faith.
Mrs. Lyons was preceded in death by her husband, Basil Lyons, in 1992; a 
son, Roger Lyons; a daughter, Shelby Hyder; two granddaughters, Amy Lyons 
and Sherry Curtis; a great-grandson, Rodney Spangler; two sons-in-law, Al 
Brookman and Stanley Hyder; three sisters, Nola Roberts, Stella Ellison and 
Rosie Holder; two brothers, Fred Roberts and Arnold Roberts; and a daughter-
in-law, Rose Lyons.

Survivors include a son, Billy Lyons, Elizabethton; a daughter, Geraldean 
Brookman, Christiansburg, Va.; two brothers, Ike Roberts and John "Lauren" 
Roberts, both of Elizabethton; and a daughter-in-law, Nadine Lyons Graybeal, 
Elizabethton. Twelve grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, one great-great 
grandchild and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, at Memorial 
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Allen Simerly and the Rev. Arnold Hensley 
officiating. Music will be provided by Shon Blevins, Becky McKeehan and 
Jackie Cornett. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. 
Wednesday, December 8, in the Lyons Chapel Cemetery. Active pallbearers, 
who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, 
will be Keith Brookman, Terry Lyons, Clarence Lyons, Michael Lyons, David 
Hyder and Danny Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Miller, 
Johnny Walker, Carl Roberts, Eddie Roberts, David Roberts and Doug Graybeal. 
A special thanks to the staff and employees of Hillview Health Center. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 
Friends may also call at the residence of her son, Billy Lyons, 2572 Gap 
Creek Road, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral 
home at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Lyons 
family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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