Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lyon, David B., 1961 

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David Lyon, 61, CG Veteran, Dies in Hospital 

  David Barnes Lyon, 61, of 230 Nansemond Ave., Suffolk, died Thursday at 
11:30 p.m. in Kecoughtan Hospital, Hampton, after a long illness. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the graveside in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. Mahlon Elliott, pastor of Oxford Methodist 
Church. 

  The funeral procession will leave the Baker Funeral Home at 1:45 p.m. 

  Mr. Lyon was a veteran of World War I and World War II when he served as 
captain [in] the U.S. Coast Guard. 

  After his discharge in 1946, he operated a sporting goods business in 
Palatka, Fla., until his retirement in 1954.  He was a member of the First 
Baptist Church, Suffolk. 

  He was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Ashburn Lyon of 230 Nansemond Ave. and the 
late David C. Lyon. 

  Besides his mother he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Joann Lyon Sirkin of 
Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. John E. Austin of Suffolk, and two brothers, 
William C. Lyon and George C. Lyon, both of Suffolk, and a niece, Mrs. Evelyn 
Austin King of Norfolk. 


David Barnes LYON, retired FL businessman, CG veteran of WW-I & II, 
b. 29 Apr 1900, Suffolk, d. 25 May 1961, Hampton, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block V, Lot 27*), Suffolk, 28 May 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 125, Fri., May 26, 1961, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92492838. 

His parents are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 11404 (Hampton #328) 


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