The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 8, 1995               TAG: 9503080435
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DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

ERNEST LYONS JR.

Ernest Lyons Jr., 73, of the 900 block of Levee Court, a retired brakeman, died March 4, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mr. Lyons was retired from Norfolk & Western Railroad after 28 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include a daughter, Joan Garrett; grandchildren, Larry Lyons and Nicole Garrett; and son-in-law, Earnest Garrett, all of Chesapeake.

A funeral will be conducted at noon today in Hale Funeral Home by Bishop Clarence H. Branch Jr. Burial will be in Hampton National Cemetery.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB