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Line 6: − + − − He was a partner in C. H. Lyons Petroleum in Shreveport. He moved to Lafayette in 1960 to become an independent operator there. His father in 1964 lost the governor's election that year to the Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]], but the family retained a keen interest in promoting the Republican Party in Louisiana. +
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Lyons was born in Shreveport to Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. (1894-1973), and the former Marjorie Gladys Hall (1895-1971), an actress originally from [[Wisconsin]]. He attended the private Southfield School in Shreveport. He then transferred to the Lawrenceville School, in Lawrenceville, [[New Jersey]], and then attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] (at the time "Louisiana Polytechnic Institute") in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].
Lyons was born in Shreveport to Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. (1894-1973), and the former Marjorie Gladys Hall (1895-1971), an actress originally from [[Wisconsin]]. He attended the private Southfield School in Shreveport. He then transferred to the Lawrenceville School, in Lawrenceville, [[New Jersey]], and then attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] (at the time "Louisiana Polytechnic Institute") in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].
Lyons volunteered for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Commissioned an ensign, Lyons was posted in the Leyte Gulf in the [[Philippines]]. He was part of the liberation of [[Okinawa]]. After the war ended, he returned home to attend [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He received a degree in arts and sciences in June 1949.
Lyons volunteered for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Commissioned an ensign, Lyons was posted in the Leyte Gulf in the [[Philippines]] and participated in the liberation of [[Okinawa]]. After the war ended, he returned home to attend [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], from which he obtained a degree in arts and sciences in June 1949.
He was a partner in C. H. Lyons Petroleum in Shreveport. He moved to Lafayette in 1960 to become an independent operator there. His father in 1964 lost the governor's election that year to the Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]], but the family retained a keen interest in promoting the Republican Party in Louisiana.
==Challenging Edwin Willis for Congress==
==Challenging Edwin Willis for Congress==