James Lyon
Posted: September 25, 2017
CEDAR BLUFF — James Roland Lyon, 86, died Sept. 22, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo. ‘ Services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Bluff Baptist Church with the Rev. Todd Chesser officiating Burial will follow in Cedar Bluff Methodist Cemetery in Cedar Bluff. Visitation is Monday from 5-8 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home of West Point. Mr. Lyon was born April 27, 1931, in Cedar Bluff, to the late George Wilbur and Cora Lee Davis Lyon. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was formerly employed as a rural mail carrier with the United States Postal Service working out of the Cedar Bluff Post Office. He was a master mason serving with the Pheba Masonic Lodge. He was a lifelong loyal and faithful member of Cedar Bluff Baptist Church In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Rose Lyon; brother, George Davis Lyon Sr.; and one grandson. He is survived by his wife, June Lyon of Cedar Bluff; daughter, Janet Lyon Watkins of West Point; and one grandson. Pallbearers will be Henry Applewhite, Chuck Howell, David Waide, Andy Williams, George Bailey, Roland Moody, Scott O’Brian, and David Cochran. Memorials may be made to Cedar Bluff Baptist Church Building Fund, C/O Mrs. Pat O’Brian, P.O. Box 65, Cedar Bluff, MS, Cedar Bluff Methodist Cemetery Care Fund, C/O Mrs. Janet Watkins, 34 Mhoon Valley Road, West Point, MS 39773, or to The Mission, P.O. Box 328, West Point, MS 39773.