Leonard Lyons, Sr.

Leonard Donald Lyons, Sr., 91, of Hemphill, died Friday, January 31, 2020. He was born March 4, 1928, in Red Oak, Oklahoma, to Ona Mae Graham Lyons and Jesse Garland Lyons.

Leonard was a United States Army veteran that enjoyed fishing, gardening, and watching football. He retired from being an operator at Texaco after thirty-eight years.

Survivors include his wife of seventy-four years, Dorothy “Kitty” Lyons, of Hemphill; sons, Leonard Lyons, Jr. and his wife, Yolanda, of Atlanta, Georgia; Richard Lyons and his wife, Emely; and Kenneth Paul Lyons, all of Hemphill; daughters, Sheryl White and her husband, Kenneth, of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Katherine Tulare, of Pflugerville; and Carolyn Lyons, of Point Huneme, California; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Ona Mae and Jesse Lyons; brothers, Edward and Leon Lyons; sister, Barbara Welch; and grandson, Brian Thomas Baxter.

A gathering of Mr. Lyon’s family and friends will begin at 1:00 p.m., with his funeral service at 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 3, 2020, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. His interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County, Nederland.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.