Harold Eugene Lyons (14 Oct 1937 - 3 Mar 2024)

In loving memory of Harold Eugene Lyons who sadly passed away on 3rd March 2024
Obituary
HAROLD “HARRY” EUGENE LYONS DIED SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2024, IN GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL, SWINDON, ENGLAND. HE WAS BORN ON 14 OCTOBER 1937 IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN LYONS AND MARJORIE CALVIN (JACKSON). HE WAS FROM ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, WHERE HE ATTENDED ST. CLAIRSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS BORN TO BE AN ENTERTAINER. HE ATTENDED TALENT SHOWS WHERE HE WON FIRST PLACE TO INCLUDE STATE FOR HIS SINGING. HAROLD ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE ON JUNE 8, 1955. HE SERVED AS A STILL PHOTOGRAPHER. LATER IN HIS CAREER HE CROSSED TRAINED TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND CRYPTO EQUIPMENT SYSTEM REPAIRMAN-TECH. HE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD WHILE IN SERVICE. HE WAS STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS, TEXAS, SPAIN, AND MORROCCO. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONOURABLY AND PROUDLY FOR 20 YEARS AND RETIRED AS TECHNICAL SERGEANT (E6) ON JULY 1, 1975. AFTER LIVING IN SPAIN FOR OVER 15 YEARS HE MOVED TO MANCHESTER, ENGLAND IN 1985. HARRY WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONS. AFTER RETIREMENT HE CONTINUED TO PURSUE HIS SINGING CAREER.. IN 1998 HE JOINED THE AMERICAN DRIFTERS. THE AMERICAN DRIFTERS TRAVELED AROUND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE PERFORMING IN SHOWS. THEY ALSO PERFORMED IN A TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN CRUISE SHIPS: THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS HE PARTNERED WITH PASTOR JOSEPH SIMEZA AND HIS CHURCH NEW LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH AND TRAVELED TO MALAWI, AND KENYA WHERE HE FUNDED THE BUILDING OF THREE CHURCHES. ALL THREE CHURCHES WERE HONORED AND NAMED AFTER HARRY. SURVIVING ARE TWO SONS; CAMERON LYONS WITH WIFE TRENENT FROM CALIFORNIA, AND DAVID LYONS FROM MARYLAND, TWO DAUGHTERS; YOLANDA LYONS FROM OHIO, AND RAQUEL WILLIAMS-CASTRO FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, HIS SISTER ELIZABETH (BETTY) LYONS FROM OHIO, 10 GRANDCHILDREN: KAMERON, CAMERON JR., CAMEREON, RENE, JAMES., MARQUIS, MAHDI, MADISON, NIA, JULIA, AND ANDREAS, AND A HOST OF 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, ONE SON MARK LYONS, AND A GRANDSON SEAN LYONS PRECEDED HIS DEATH.