Charles Eugene Lyons, Sr.
1943 - 1977 (33 years)-
Name Charles Eugene Lyons Suffix Sr. Birth 27 Nov 1943 Norvell, Raleigh Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 15 Oct 1977 Franklin, Pendleton Co., WV [2, 3] Burial 19 Oct 1977 Prosperity Cemetery, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV [4] Person ID I50369 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 15 Mar 2024
Family Barbara Lee Berry Children 1. Charles Eugene Lyons, Jr. Family ID F17641 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
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Notes - Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Monday, 17 Oct 1977, p. 1, col. 2 (continuted on p. 2, col. 6)
Raleigh Driver Killed
by MIKE HALL
Staff Writer
A Beckley man was thrown partially from his truck cab and killed when the vehicle turned on its side after it plunged over a 25-foot embankment on an old Pendleton County hunting road.
Charles Eugene Lyons, 33, of 134 Blackburn St. was killed at 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the George Washington National Forest Road near Franklin.
A witness said he helped extract Lyons' body from under the truck.
State police at Franklin said a passenger, Lonnie Fernatt of Meadow Bridge, escaped injury by jumping from the truck, and apparently Lyons was thrown from the driver's side of the cab as it turned over.
There were a number of hunters in the area, about 30 minutes from the nearest phone, a witness said. Rescuers eventually were able to lift the truck through the use a come-a-long, he said.
It took two hours and 40 minutes before an ambulance arrived at the accident, he said. Troopers said the two local ambulances were on call and an ambulance from the other side of the county had to be used.
The Pendleton coroner determined the cause of death as head injuries.
Lyons was co-owner of L&P Contractors of Beckley.
Born Nov. 27, 1944 in Raleigh County, Lyons was the son of the late Grader Lyons and Goldie Lyons of Cranberry.
Other survivors include his wife, Barbara Berry Lyons, at home; two sons, Greg Davis and Charles E. Lyons Jr., both at home; one daughter, Darla Davis, at home; four brothers, Monroe, Frank and Wayne, all of Beckley, and Glenn of Cranberry; three sisters, Mrs. Marybelle Kennedy of Mabscott, Mrs. Anna Mae Arthur of Prosperity and Miss Susan Lyons of Cranberry.
Arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel.
- Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, Monday, 17 Oct 1977, p. 1, col. 2 (continuted on p. 2, col. 6)
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