PAUL IRVIN LYONS

Paul and Roxie (Cary) Lyons

YOUNG FOLKS WED

Paul Lyons and Miss Roxie Cary are Married.

   Paul Lyons and Miss Roxie Cary were united in marriage at Warrensburg on Wednesday, September 19.  To keep it from their friends the popular couple drove to Rich Hill and boarded the train for Warrensburg.  Eld. R. A. Blalock, who was holding a protracted meeting in Johnson county, appeared in that city and performed the ceremony at the court house at 2 o’clock p.m.  Paul and his bride returned the next day.

   A large crowd gathered at the home of the groom’s parents Friday night and gave the newly weds a rousing reception, enjoying the time until a late hour.

   The happy couple will be at home on the Lyons place in a few days.

   Paul is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Lyons.  He was reared in this locality and everyone knows him as an exemplary young man, honest and ever industrious.

    The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Cary.  She is a native of Metz township, as likewise were her forefathers for three generations back.  Roxie is a young lady possessed with a lovable disposition and charming manners and knows everyone as friends.  Both have chosen wisely for helpmeets, and they have the best wishes of scores and scores of friends.

The Metz Times, Metz, Vernon Co, MO  Friday, September 28, 1917.

PAUL I. LYONS

     Paul Irvin Lyons, 83, Metz, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan., following an illness of three years.

     Born June 11, 1895, at Panama, Mo., he was the son of Wallace Irvin and Lillie Pearl Welch Lyons.  He was married Sept. 19, 1917, at Warrensburg to Roxie Mary Cary.  He was a retired farmer.  He was a member of the Metz Christian Church and a member of the VFW.  He spent most of his lifetime in the Metz area.  He served in the Army during World War I.

     Survivors include his wife, Roxie, of the home; two sons, Homer Lyons, Rich Hill, and Howard Lyons, Horton; a daughter, Madge Baze, Metz; a brother, Rex Lyons, Rich Hill; two sisters, Nellie Porter, Grant City, and Ruby Marshburn, Lakeland, Fla., 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

     Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ferry Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Rhodes officiating. Interment will be Balltown Cemetery, Horton.

The Nevada Daily Mail, Nevada, MO. Mon, Jan 23, 1979, p. 2

ROXIE M. LYONS

     Roxie Mary Lyons, 90, Metz, died Friday morning, Feb. 13, 1987, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan., after an illness of several months.

     Born September 8, 1896, in Metz, she was the daughter of Delbert Forrest and Stella Mae (Rynard) Cary. She was married September 19, 1917, in Warrensburg to Paul S. Lyons. He died January 21, 1979. She was a lifelong resident of Vernon County and the Metz area and was a member of the Metz Christian Church. She was a tax collector in Metz for several years.

     Survivors include: two sons, Homer Lyons, Fort Scott, Kan., and Howard Lyons, Horton; one daughter, Madge Baze, Metz; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

     Services were Sunday, Feb 15, 1987, at Ferry Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Rhodes officiating. Interment was in Balltown Cemetery, Horton.

The Nevada Daily Mail, Nevada, MO.  Mon, Feb 16, 1987, p. 2.

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