Individual Details

At time of Army enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 158 pounds.

OCCUPATION: Conrail railroad & Indianapolis Belt Railway conductor, truck driver.

RESIDENCE: Lived with James Tip Lyons when 5 years old and older. Built a log cabin with Tip in 1933. 1940 census shows that he lived in Carter County, Tennessee in 1935 but Indianapolis in 1940. In 1978 and 1980 lived at 634 Killian Dr., Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana

EDUCATION: Grammar school

MILITARY: Enlisted 13 February 1943 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. Civilian occupation: truck driver. Moved supplies between India and China, earned two bronze stars. Discharged 1946.

ORGANIZATIONS: Greenwood Masonic Lodge, Indian Creek Christian Church

FUNERAL HOME: Little and Sons, Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana

BURIAL: Washington Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, IN

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Birth	7 Mar 1923	Johnson City, Washington, TN
Census	1930	Sullivan County, TN
Census	1 Apr 1940	Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Occupation	13 Feb 1943	truck driver - Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Marriage	10 Dec 1947	Sullivan, Sullivan, IN - Rosemary Turley
Marriage	18 Dec 1976	Beech Grove, Marion, IN - Living
Death	11 Jul 2002	Beech Grove, Marion, IN
Burial	13 Jul 2002	Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, IN

Spouse	Rosemary Turley (1932 - 2008)
Child	Sandra Sue Lyons (1949 - 1971)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Spouse

Living

Father	William A. "Willie" Lyons (1904 - )
Mother	Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Richards (1906 - 1980)
Sibling	Grace Geneva Lyons (1926 - 2006)