Ernest John Lyons

ERNEST JOHN LYONS, the eighth child of Aborn and Elizabeth Lyons, was born at Abbeville, Louisiana, on April 22, 1865. He married Joyce Bentley Havard, at Big Cane, Louisiana, on June 12, 1893. Joyce was born on November 30, 1875. Ernest and Joyce lived at Abbeville for about two years; then moved to Melville, Louisiana, where Joyce’s father and mother lived. They lived at Melville for many years. They were resid­ing in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the time of their deaths. Joyce died at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 12, 1925; Ernest died at Shreveport on June 21, 1934. Both were buried in the Episcopal Cemetery at Melville.  Joyce and Ernest Lyons had six children:

• CHARLTON HAVARD LYONS.
• Katharine Lyons.
• Ernest Havard Lyons.
• Arthur Elmore Havard Lyons.
• Sallie Havard Lyons, who married Thomas Muldrop Logan.
• Roy Havard Lyons.