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Mary Lyons

Published Wednesday, December 11, 2002 in the Nevada County Picayune

Mary Lee Bissell Lyons, 75, of Nashville, formerly of Prescott, died Sunday, December 1, 2002 in a local hospital.

She was born February 4, 1927, in Nashville, to Henry Livingston and Vera Ferguson Bissell.

She was a member of Chapel Hill Church of Christ, and loved cooking and taking care of her grandchildren. She was a former teachers aid at Nashville Elementary and former employee of Scott's Store.

Her husband, Harold Troy Lyons, preceded her in death December 1997.

Survivors include: Ronnie and Bill Lyons both of Nashville, and Gary Lyons of Kohala, Hawaii; one daughter, Ann Frost of Nashville; one brother, Wayne Bissell of Nashville, five grandchildren and a host of other family and friends.

Services were held 2 p.m. Friday, December 6, 2002, at Nashville Funeral Home Chapel with Ray Nation and Danny White officiating. Burial followed in Restland Cemetery under the direction of Nashville Funeral Home.


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