Opal Lewis Lyons

Mrs. Opal Lewis Lyons, 81, of Elizabethton, TN went to be with her Lord Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Frank M. and Elizabeth Swanner Rowe. Mrs. Lyons retired from Milligan College as the school nurse. She was a member of Oak Grove Christian Church and was a member of the Elizabethton Choral Club.            In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Calvin W. Lewis in 1975; her second husband, Anderson C. Lyons in 1981; a brother, Ray F. Rowe and an infant sister, Lenore Rowe. Survivors include a son, Arthur Dean Lewis and his wife Myra, Brentwood, TN; two daughters, Nancy Kelley and her husband Dewey, Louisville, KY and Carol Lewis Honeycutt and her husband Monie, Elizabethton; two step-daughters, Wilma Hayes and her husband Kenneth, Elizabethton and Billie Jo Hayase, Augusta, GA; five grandchildren, Mark Montgomery, Joe Honeycutt and his wife Kelly, Jason Lewis, Josh Lewis and his wife Amie and Keri Meade and her husband Ray. Six great-grandchildren, several step-grandchildren, step-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.            Funeral service for Mrs. Opal Lewis Lyons will be conducted at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Dr. Ted Thomas and Dr. Bob Shannon officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30-2:30 P.M. on Wednesday prior to the funeral service. Graveside service and interment will follow the funeral service in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Oak Grove Christian Church.             Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers, may make donations to the Milligan College Nursing Dept., P. O. Box 500, Milligan College, TN 37682 or to Oak Grove Christian Church, 436 Jim Elliott Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643.Read Obituary