In Memoriam
Lyons High School
1934-1960
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Class of 1960
Winston Bowen - Mar 4, 2017
Nora Margie (Brown) Burchell - Oct 25, 2015
Kenny Calhoun - Sep 22, 2024
Bill Carter - Apr 5, 2007
Carol (Clark) Mason - Jul 18, 2003
Johnny Collins - May 22, 2022
Linda Dennis
Johnny Dixon - June 29, 2021
Sam Fannin
Millard Ganey - Jun 24, 1999
Melvin Hardiman
Suzanne (Higgs) Stroman - Jun 5, 2020
Linda (Hudson) Neuhaus - Jun 17, 2021
Barry Jones - Feb 5, 1968
Don Kight
Aloma (Lamb) Johnson - Aug 2015
Dickey Lanier - Jul 11, 1968
Corbit Mason - Apr 11, 2020
Yvonne (Meadows) White - Apr 18, 2024
Devon Moore
Jimmy Morris
Linda Joyce NeeSmith - Mar 24, 2009
Glenn Page - Nov 1, 2016
Monroe Patterson - Jul 11, 1968
Elizabeth Powell
Mary Rountree
Joe Sapp
David L. Sharpe - Jul 10, 2023
Sarah Ellen (Sheppard) Memory - May 9, 2019
Faye (Taylor) Stewart - Sep 3, 2017
Henry Thigpen - 1985
Freddie Thompson
Mary Grace (Wilkes) Hutcheson - Dec 9, 2016
Wayne Williamson - Nov 1, 2011
Betty Jo Wilson
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Class of 1959
Johnny Anderson - Dec 15, 2014
Fred Brogdon - Feb 10, 2020
Sandra (Brown) Connell - Oct 29, 2021
Sandra Clark - Feb 4, 2014
William J. Findley - May 27, 2024
Lois (Harden) Holden - Jun 20, 2021
Jan (James) Truax - Jun 22, 2017
Sam J Meeks - Jun 4, 2001
Otis Jerald Miller - Feb 7, 2016
Ray Moody - Mar 2, 2017
Josie 'Jo' Belle (Mosley) Toole - Aug 6, 2023
Bobby Powell - Dec 10, 2000
Jean (Phillips) Brogdon - May 29, 2020
Phillip Phillips - Dec 16, 1959
Carolyn (Sauls) Brooks -Sep 1, 2023.
Gerald Sharpe - Sep 24, 1999
Sarah Ellen (Sheppard) Memory - May 9, 2019
Miriam (Smith) Taylor - Apr 20, 2023
Ronnie Smith - Feb 5, 2009
James Stevens -1999
Wilbur Stewart - 1995
Frank Wright - Aug 15, 2023
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Class of 1958
Martha Jean (Anderson) Lilliard - Aug 1, 2018
Fred Alexander - Apr 26, 2023
Ava Jean Bullock
Frances (Cooper) Williamson - Jul 27, 2020
Jerry Craft - Sep 17, 2023
Kaye Dickerson - 2008
Judy Ann Dollarmore
George Fant - Oct 15, 2015
Larry Gossett - Jan 17, 2010
Deloris (Holland) Powell - Oct 2, 2022
Lauren Holt
Thelma Hudson
Charleen Jarriel
Janelle (Kight) Hill - Apr 19, 2019
Joyce (Kight) McNair - Jan 25, 2021
Raymond Landrum - Jan 1, 2013
Patricia "Pat" (Massey) Kirkland - May 6, 2019
James L. McClain - Aug 5, 2018
David Morris - Mar 11, 2019
Charles Parker - 2009
Junior Rogers
Ronald Simpson - Apr 7, 2019
Kenneth Sowell - Aug 5, 2023
Wendell Stevens
Leonard "Tank" Thompson - May 19, 2016
Elsie "Lucy" (Williamson) Oglesby - Feb 5, 2017
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Class of 1957
Gene Braddy - Oct 12, 2023
Harry L. Brown, Jr. - Dec 21, 2018
Eugenia (Culberson) McDilda - Mar 2, 2019
Gloria Gordy - 2010
Remus "Sonny" Graham - Apr 1, 2008
Walter "Ed" Edward Grier - Aug 23, 2018
Cassie Mae (Holland) Anderson - Jul 17, 2021
Gaity Hutto
Betty (Kight) Page - Jan 5, 2023
Betty (Maddox) Grimes - Jul 31, 2018
Winston M. Meeks - Jun 26, 2021
Maurice Miot - Feb 12, 1984
Don Monroe - 2004
Carolyn (Moore) Blocker - Sep 29, 2021
Thomas Edward "Ed" Rowland - Apr 28, 2024
Ann (Stacks) Futch - Dec 21, 2023
Ralph Stewart - Sep 9, 2013
Wilbur R. Stewart - 1995
Patsy Williamson - 1958
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Class of 1956
Aubrey Anderson - Jan 24, 2017
Gilbert Clark
Gladys Colson - Jul 23, 2011
Sammy Craft - Jul 9, 2020
Charles Driggers
W. L. Findley - May 27, 2009
Bennett "Hopalong" Flanders - May 4, 2022
Elvis "Billy Boo" Futch - Mar 24, 2015
Harvey Gainey
Dorothy (Gay) Gainey - Feb 4, 2022
James Grimes
Bernard Hardin - Sep 6, 2009
Jacquelyn Holland
Susan (Jones) Darrell -May 23, 2020
George Langford - Jan 6, 2001
Tommy McDaniel
Ben Jack McDilda - Dec 15, 2003
Lois Jean (McLain) Phillips - Oct 25, 2021
Kendall Morris - Jan 28, 2019
Mary (Molly) Mullins - Jul 7, 2009
Charles NeeSmith - Nov 28, 1992
Ann (Oliver) Clark - Nov 21, 2021
Betty (Page) Jones - May 20, 2023
Nan (Price) Oliver - Nov 15, 2021
Louis Fay Starra, Jr. - Jan 3, 2021
Bernice Taylor
Gail Trapnell - Apr 28, 2023
Elaine (Wilkes) McSwain - Dec 3, 2024
Tommie (Wilson) James - Jul 5, 2023
Kent Youmans - 2002
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Class of 1955
Billy Clark - Feb 21, 2024
Buck Cravey - Jan 21, 2014
Margie (Higgs) Patrick - Mar 29, 2022
Jack B. Pye - Feb 25, 2023
Frances Loretta (Wilkes) Darby - Oct 22, 2020
Winton Williamson - Sep 21, 2021
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Class of 1954
Thelma Allen - 1999
Joy (Bargeron) Alexander - Jun 17, 2013
Doris Clifton - Jul 27, 2016
Mary Frances (Collins) Wright - Dec 11. 2019
Bruce Crouch - Apr 9, 2001
Bobby Garbutt - Feb 28, 2006
Annette Grimes - Jul 1, 2016
Norris Herndon - Jan 29, 2018
Dorothy Elmira (Holmes) Frailey - Jul 22, 2019
Anna (Johnson) Pittman - Dec 19, 2021
William Marion Jordan - Sep 30, 2020
Harry Lane - May 15, 2013
Larry Lane - Apr 3, 2020
Miami (Loyed) Monroe - Sep 8, 2020
Mary Ann (Mixon) Blanton - Apr 12, 2024
Yvonne (Morris) Blalock - Mar 5, 2022
Kay (Odom) Truett - May 25, 2024
Edward Otis “T-Bone” Smith - Apr 18, 2022
Betty (Rushing) Tapley - Mar 10, 2022
Pam Taylor - Jan 26, 2007
Dan Thompson - Sep 23, 2001
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Class of 1953
Gilbert Clark
Melba (Edenfield) Mosley - Dec 22, 2018
Martha Nell (Gordy) Powell - Oct 19, 2019
Lucille (Hutchinson) Seidel - Jul 5, 2024
Tommie McDaniel
Pauline (Monroe) Hall - Aug 14, 2023
Lou Ann Moseley
Frances (Savage) Sharpe - Sep 19, 2023
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Class of 1952
* J.D. Collins - Dec 7, 2019
Leonard Edenfield - Jan 25, 2023
* Luray (Sharp) Carpenter Reid - Jun 2, 2004
* Fenton Lee Talley - Apr 10, 2022
* Vernon Talmadge Kight - Jun 28, 2017
Marion (Zeigler) Peterson - Apr 21, 2024
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Class of 1951
* There was no graduating class in 1951 due to Toombs County transitioning to 12 grades that year. Those students who would have graduated in 1951 were required to attend an extra year and graduated instead in 1952. Click here to read an editorial.
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Class of 1950
Richard Anderson
Delphine Bryant
Annie (Bell) Coursey
Betty Jean (Collins) Bernand - Sep 2, 2014
Al Farmer
Ruby (Gay) Morgan - Feb 4, 2024
Marlene (Jones) Adams - Mar 19, 2019
Velma (Kight) Williamson - Feb 20, 2021
Douglas Gay
J. C. Gay
Gene Johnson
Jimmy E. Lewis - Apr 8, 2020
Ronald Little
Horace Mann - Dec 24, 2018
Howard Sharpe - Jan 9, 2021
T. Malone Sharpe - Aug 9, 1972
Maxine Sharpe
Harold Thompson
McKinley Thompson
Wendell Thompson
Christine Williamson
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Class of 1949
William Travis Aiken
Charles F. Ambrose - Nov 23, 2015
Loree Anderson
Lola (Brown) Vaughn
Sarah (Bryant) Dickerson - Jan 2, 2020
Charles Clifton
Evelyn Cravey
Janet (Crosby) Harber - Aug 30, 2023
William "Bill" Charles Cumbie - Mar 2, 2019
Charles Dent
Christine (Edenfield) Coleman
Bobby Jackson
Inez (James) Shuman Beard
Hugh Jones - Mar 8, 1999
Eloise (Kight) Rolison
H. D. McLendon
Emory Maxwell "Mack" Mixon
Nell Mixon
Marvin Phillips
Jim Pye
Harold Rhoden
Bobbie Rustin
Billie Jean (Smith) Cowart
Holmes Tarver
Charles B. Turner
Felton Watson
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Class of 1948
Betty (Anderson) Mayo - Mar 13, 2018
Eloise (Bowen) Mosley - Mar 30, 2019
Margaret (Garrett) McDonald - Jan 13, 2023
Simeon "Ike" Hussey - Jul 4, 2006
Bobby L. McDilda - Jun 17, 1955
Norma Mae NeeSmith - Apr 20, 1986
Billy Smith - Jun 25, 2018
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Class of 1947
Billie (Higgs) Jones - Mar 20, 2020
Meldra (Higgs) Collins - Oct 27, 2021
Betty Jean Kramer - Nov 15, 2019
Dovie (Lee) Mosley - Sep 21, 2016
Martin "MD" Nobles - Feb 18, 2022
Hazel (Rewis) Bacon - May 13, 2001
Lorraine (Usher) Lewis - May 15, 2024
Bob Wilkes
Tressie (Zorn) Wells - Jan 1, 2022
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Class of 1946
Juanita (Garrett) Braddy - Jan 6, 2019
Mary Lockley - Nov 11, 2015
Elton Sikes, Jr. - Sep 11, 2017
Joyce Eloise (Taylor) Talley- Mar 8, 2018
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Class of 1945
Carlotta Ganey Drew
Gilbert Garrett
J. Z. McKinley - Sep 25, 2015
Edith (Wynell) "Nell" NeeSmith - Jun 22, 1992
Billy Bernard Thompson - Feb 19, 2024 (Class year estimated from age)
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Class of 1944
Moses M. Coleman - May 8, 2019
Veda Dent - Jul 29, 2014
Daniel Lee Smith, Sr - Apr 3, 2020 (Class year estimated from age)
Lee Williamson, Jr. - Jul 20,2020
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Class of 1943
Marjorie (Gray) Hodges - May 27, 1981
Tommy Talley- May 11, 2015
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Class of 1942
Edna (Dent) Dees - Feb 2, 2018
Merle (Pye) Wilkes - May 4, 2022
Virginia (Rauton) Collins - Sep 30, 2022
Class of 1941
Frankie (Aaron) Lanier - Oct 10, 2019
Hilda (Gray) Mayo - Jul 18, 2018
Clyde Powell Strickland - Sep 24, 2014
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Class of 1940
Lucile (Findley) Freeman
James Maxwell Flanders - Feb 24, 2020
Robert Gray - Mar 27, 1995
George "Don" McQueen - Dec 11, 1987
Lillian (Mitchum) Hellams
Era Spell - Aug 7, 2016
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Class of 1939
George Thomas "GT" Gray - Aug 10, 2009
Theodore "Teddy" Kavakos - Nov 5, 2003
Loyce (Thompson) Poole - Jun 17, 2014
Marcia (Tomlin) Joslin - Mar 9, 2024
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Class of 1938
Etheleen (Anderson) Riner - Mar 14, 2017
Frances (Cole) Dolamore - Sep 20, 2017
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Class of 1937
Jessie Elizabeth (Bland) Hart Conner - Jan 14, 2015
Ora (Moore) Winge - Mar 18, 2020
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Class of 1936
Warren P. DeWitt
Leola Elkins
H. K. Lanier
Covin Thompson
J. A. Todd
Boyd Whelchel
H. A. Wheeler - Dec 17, 1987
Georgia Wilkes
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Class of 1934
Lorraine (Kavakos) Carter Robbins - Dec 20, 2013
Joey Long Morris - Jan 21, 2021
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