From back left: George W. Lyons, Mattie Baker McFerren (sister of Lydia and wife of Zue), Zue McFerren, Lydia Baker Lyons, Olive and John Lyons, and Frances Wilson (who later became the second wife of George W. Lyons following the death of Lydia in 1895 at age 34.)

John Albert Lyons, Lydia Baker Lyons, Olive Florence Lyons, and George Lyons in Ohio about 1900.

John Albert Lyons and Martha Hazel Noble wedding photo September 8, 1909,  Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio.

John A. Lyons in band uniform.

Uncle Zue McFerren and John A. Lyons with instruments.

The John Albert Lyons Family

Oscar Clifford (my grandfather), Hazel, Burton Noble, John Albert Lyons

This picture was taken about 1916 in Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio.

Clifford and Burton in Caldwell,      dressed up as Indians,        September 4, 1918.

The Oscar Clifford Lyons Family

From left clockwise: Barbara (Drake), Henrietta (Ferrell), Judith (Hodge), Clifford, Connie (Chancellor)

Jessie Compton (1888-1919), wife of Allen Ferrell and mother of Henrietta Ferrell Lyons, about 1908.

This is my great-uncle Burton Noble Lyons in front of the USS Shenandoah. The dirigible crashed in Noble County, Ohio when it was caught in a violent storm on September 3, 1925. Fourteen people including the captain were killed. Click on the picture for more information and see below for more pictures taken by my great-grandfather, John Albert Lyons. (Click on the thumbnails for larger image.)

The Ray Melton Band

The Ray Melton band was made up of local Warner Robins musicians who played for dances at different places throughout the Middle Georgia area such as the Civilian Employees Club on the base, Pinebrook Inn in Macon, the American Legion, and Moose Club among others.  The band played everything from swing to country and western music. Members pictured above are Clifford Lyons, piano, Tom Jerles, clarinet, John Wallace, drums, Bill Daniels, guitar, and Ray Melton, bass.