The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-17
Roy Lyon, Prominent
Citizen Of Holmes.
Passes Monday
Rites Held Wednesday
For Popular Official;
Mrs. Lyon Named

Coming as a great shock to this
community and to Holmes county
was the death of Roy Lyon, Al, of
Lexington and Durant, tax assessor
of Holmes county and one of its
most popular citizens.
Mr.. Lyon passed away at a hospital
in jackson Monday morning at nine
o'clock after a very brief illness. A
heart attack caused his death.
Mr.. Lyon had served Holmes coun-
ty as tax assessor for the past eight
years. He was elected to the office
in 1881 for a four-year term and was
named for reelection without oppo-
sition in 1885. He was an excesd-
ingly capable official and had made
a splendid record of efficient service,
He had been an active member OF
the Methods. Church all his life and
at the time of his death was superin-
tendent of the Methodist Sunday
School.
MI. Lyon was also a leader in Boy
Scout work in .he county and q
Mason, Shriner and member of the
Order of the Eastern Star.
He was born in Lexington in 1895
and in 1860 with his parents, MI. and
Mrs. r. M. Lyon, moved to Durant
where he was reared, living here
until eight years ag when he moved
TO Lexington as tax assessor. lie
was in the furniture business in
Duran prior to running for public
office.
About fifteen years ago he was
married to Miss Beatrice Fondren, Ma
ben, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Fon.
of Maben. She was a teacher
In the public schools here.
To their union was born two fine
sons, Robert Daniel, Is, and Char
les, 7, who survive with their mother.
Funeral services were held Wednes
day morning at ten o'clock at the
Durant Methodist Church with the
Rev. E.. S. Lewis officiating. AS
sisting were the Rev. Dorsey, pastor
of the Methodist Church at Licking
ton; he Rev. w. B. Baker, of Bel
zoni, former pastor of the Durani
Methodist Church while Mr.. Lyon
lived here; the Rev. Judson Chas-
tain, Baptist minister of Lexington
who was Intimately associated with
him in Scout work.
in Scout work, and the Rev
McCaffety, former pastor of the
Church at Lexington.
Attending in uniform were the Boy
scouts of Lexington. The Scouts of
Durant had charge of the traffic on
streets to Mizpah where inter-
took place. The Southern Tn
dertaking Association was in charge
Pallbearers were A. G.. Rathell and
Ernest Rathell of Lexington, and the
following uncles: Harper Lyon and
Eddie Lyon of Belzoni; CASTOR Lyon
Of Tchuia; Artie Lyon, Fayette.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Be-
atrice Fondren Lyon, two sons, Rob
ert Daniel and Charles; his parents,
and Mrs. R. M. Lyon; two sis
fers, Mrs. L. H. Hays, Durant and
Mrs. Jimmie Estes, Hattiesburg; and
three brothers, Rathell, Wtayland,
KY, Willie and Hildreth, both OF
Durant.
Among those present from out of
own attending the rites we're: Mr.
Mrs. Harper Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs
Fisher and son, Ward. Jr.,
Mrs. Effie Balm, Mrs. Eddie Will
Mr.. Eddie Lyon and Rev. ".
Baker, all of Belzoni.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. 1. Wilmington,
Mrs. Matte Clark and James Clark,
Mrs. B. A. Barth, Mr.. Walter Lee.
Mrs. Blanche Vance, Mr.. and Mrs.
\. s. McClendon, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
McClendon. Mr.. w. M. Crump-
on, Mrs. Freddie Cain, all of jack
Mrs. J. s. Savage and James Saw
lge, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. McCaffety.
# Leland.
Mrs. and Mrs. A. A. Lyon and
suby Lyon OF Fayette.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Foose, Mr.. and
IRIS. CASTOR Lyon, of Tchula.
DR.. and Mrs. D. H. Fondren. Mr..
nd Mrs. Dave johnson, Mrs. Marie
Hardy, DR.. Homer Harpole. Maben.
c. L. Fondren. Clarksdale. Mr.. and
IRIS. Earles Doolittle, S. r. Doolit
lie.
Mr.. and Mrs. G F. Hays, ST., Mr.. and
drs. G. L. Houston and Deward
ars. Gradv Havs. Mr.. Brown. nres-
of Tax Assessors, Meridian.
The church was too small to hold
hos: of friends gathered 70 nav
i'm their lest resnects and tho al
~ was banked with the beautiful
oral offo~iros.
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