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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Hall McCord Lyons<br>
| name =Hall McCord Lyons<br>
(Louisiana oilman and political activist)
(Louisiana oilman and political activist)
| birth_date=December 22, 1923
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA<br>
Principal residences:<br>
[[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]<br>
[[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]<br>
Shreveport, Louisiana<br>
Shreveport, Louisiana<br>
(2) Ann B. Barras (married 1962, divorced)<br>
(2) Ann B. Barras (married 1962, divorced)<br>
(3) Rosamond Jane Rosholt "Roz" Lyons (married 1975-1998, his death)<br>
(3) Rosamond Jane Rosholt "Roz" Lyons (married 1975-1998, his death)<br>
Children from marriage:<br>
Children from first marriage:<br>
Culver Hall Lyons, Sr.<br>
Culver Hall Lyons, Sr.<br>
Marjorie Scott Lyons<br>
Marjorie Scott Lyons<br>
==Background==
==Background==
Born in [[Shreveport]], where his parents had relocated in 1921, Lyons was given his mother's maiden surname as a first name and his great-aunt's married name as a middle name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McCord&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17170082&df=all&|title=Dot Hall McCord|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}</ref>
Born in [[Shreveport]], where his parents had relocated in 1921, Lyons was given his mother's maiden surname as a first name and his great-aunt's married name as a middle name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McCord&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=17170082&df=all&|title=Dot Hall McCord|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}</ref>
Lyons's second wife from whom he was divorced, Ann B. Barras (born October 1936) of Lafayette, is the oldest of three children of Herbert Paul and Hazel Marie Barras. She was briefly a music teacher at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a private piano instructor.<ref name=wordpress>{{cite web|url=http://lyons.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/the-lyons-family.pdf|title=The Lyons Family|author=George Mason Graham Stafford (1875-1958), son of [[Sheriff]] David Theophilus Stafford of Rapides Parish|date=February 15, 1965|publisher=wordpress.com|accessdate=August 16, 2014}}</ref> She is the mother of his two youngest children.<ref name=obit/>
Lyons's second wife from whom he was divorced, Ann B. Barras (born October 1936) of Lafayette, is the oldest of three children of Herbert Paul and Hazel Marie Barras. She was briefly a music teacher at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a private piano instructor.<ref name=wordpress>{{cite web|url=http://lyons.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/the-lyons-family.pdf|title=The Lyons Family|author=George Mason Graham Stafford (1875-1958), son of [[Sheriff]] David Theophilus Stafford of Rapides Parish|date=February 15, 1965|publisher=wordpress.com|accessdate=August 16, 2014}}</ref> She is the mother of his two youngest children.<ref name=obit/>
Lyons was also survived by his third wife, the former Rosamond Jane Rosholt, known as "Roz" Lyons (born 1922) of Grand Isle, whom he married in 1975; his brother, Charlton Havard Lyons, Jr. (born 1921), a native of New Orleans and an attorney and oilman who has spent most of his life in Mendocino County in northwestern [[California]], Cheryl Lyons Despain (born 1955) of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], and Blythe Ann Lyons (born 1968 in Lafayette), a [[veterinarian]] in Baton Rouge; three sons, Culver Hall Lyons, Sr. (born 1950), of Alpharetta, [[Georgia]], Michael Glen Lyons (born 1958) of Humble, Texas, and Troy Dominic Lyons (born 1965) of Centreville, Mississippi, and two stepsons.<ref name=lyonsfamily/>
Lyons was also survived by his third wife, the former Rosamond Jane Rosholt, known as "Roz" Lyons (born November 21, 1922) of Grand Isle, whom he married in 1975; his brother, Charlton Havard Lyons, Jr. (born 1921), a native of New Orleans and an attorney and oilman who has spent most of his life in Mendocino County in northwestern [[California]], Cheryl Lyons Despain (born 1955) of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], and Blythe Ann Lyons (born 1968 in Lafayette), a [[veterinarian]] in Baton Rouge; three sons, Culver Hall Lyons, Sr. (born 1950), of Alpharetta, [[Georgia]], Michael Glen Lyons (born 1958) of Humble, Texas, and Troy Dominic Lyons (born 1965) of Centreville, Mississippi, and two stepsons.<ref name=lyonsfamily/>
Though the senior Lyons and his wife were [[Episcopalians]], Hall Lyons turned [[Mormon]]. Services were held at a Latter Day Saints meetinghouse in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> Burial was in the Lyons family plot at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lyons+&GSfn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=64566884&df=all&|title=Hall McCord Lyons|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}</ref> Pallbearers included Lyons' boyhood friend, Republican former state Represenatives Benjamin F. "Ben" O'Neal, Jr. (1922-2004), of Shreveport and Lyons's son-in-law, Wayne Kent Despain (born 1953).<ref name=obit/>
Though the senior Lyons and his wife were [[Episcopalians]], Hall Lyons turned [[Mormon]]. Services were held at a Latter Day Saints meetinghouse in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> Burial was in the Lyons family plot at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lyons+&GSfn=Hall&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=64566884&df=all&|title=Hall McCord Lyons|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}</ref> Pallbearers included Lyons' boyhood friend, Republican former state Represenatives Benjamin F. "Ben" O'Neal, Jr. (1922-2004), of Shreveport and Lyons's son-in-law, Wayne Kent Despain (born 1953).<ref name=obit/>
==References==
==References==
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