CHERRY LYONS JR. PASSED AWAY ON June 6 TH , 2025 AT OSCHNER HOSPITAL LAYFAYETTE LA. HE
WAS BORN TO THE LATE, CHERRY LYONS SR. AND VINEY JONES LYONS OF JENNINGS, LA. HE
STARTED HIS LIFE IN JENNINGS THEN PROCEEDED TO JOIN THE U.S. NAVY. HE SERVED IN THE
NAVY FORM 1968 TO 1974. AFTER LEAVING THE NAVY HE BECAME EMPLOYED BY THE V.A.
HOSPTIAL IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. WHERE HE WAS A FAITHFUL EMPLOYEE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
WHILE IN NEW ORLEANS HE MET AND MARRIED, HIS LATE WIFE CHARITY GIBBS LYONS, WHOM
HE LOVED AND CHERISHED. AFTER RETIRING FROM HIS JOB, HE RETURNED HOME TO
JENNINGS, LA. WHILE HERE HE BECAME A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
VERTERAN'S HOME. HE ENJOYED HIS TIME LIVING THERE AND WAS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
CHERRY HAD A BIG HEART AND WAS A BIG GIVER. HE WAS A STORY TELLER, JOKESTER AND
LOVE SHARING HIS MILITARY AND LIFE STORIES. HE WAS A SOLIDER AT HEART AND WAS SO
UNTIL HIS PASSING. HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY, LOVED ONE'S, FRIENDS AND
CAREGIVERS.

HE LEAVES TO MOURN: FOUR CHILDREN: GWENDOLYN (HAWAII), SANDY (LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS), CHERYL (SEATTLE, WA), CHARLES LYONS (NEW ORLEANS), ASHLEY (SHAMIRA)
LYONS HIS FAITHFUL CAREGIVERS UNITL HIS TIME OF PASSING, FOUR SIBLINGS: SANDRA
(TYRONE) LIVINGS, AND TERRELL LYONS OF JENNINGS, LA. YVONNE TURNER AND LISA LYONS
OF BEAUMONT, TX. ONE AUNT JOYCE BOTLEY OF LAKE CHARLES, LA ONE SISTER IN LAW EDNA
LYONS OF LAKE CHARLES, LA AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES.

CHERRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, FOUR SIBLINGS: DONNA FAYE, WANDA
RUTH, MARIE NEVILLS AND EMILY LYONS. ONE SISTER IN LAW MARY CHARGOIS LYONS AND
TWO GREAT GREAT NIECES RANI LYONS AND TAYTON ACHANE.