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After the war, Lyons completed his studies at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], from which in 1949 he received a degree in arts and sciences. After the war, Lyons lived for several years in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], where he was employed in the petroleum business with his father and a cousin, Newton Hall McCord (born in 1915 in [[New Orleans]]), who later settled in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. Lyons returned to Shreveport to become a partner in his family-owned C. H. Lyons Petroleum Company, formerly known as the Lyons, McCord & Logan company.<ref name=lyonsfamily/> When he lived in Shreveport, Lyons was, like his mother, active in the musical community there. A former president of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1948, Lyons often sang in [[opera]] presentations.<ref name=obit>Hall M. Lyons obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', July 26, 1998.</ref>
After the war, Lyons completed his studies at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], from which in 1949 he received a degree in arts and sciences. After the war, Lyons lived for several years in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], where he was employed in the petroleum business with his father and a cousin, Newton Hall McCord (born in 1915 in [[New Orleans]]), who later settled in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. Lyons returned to Shreveport to become a partner in his family-owned C. H. Lyons Petroleum Company, formerly known as the Lyons, McCord & Logan company.<ref name=lyonsfamily/> When he lived in Shreveport, Lyons was, like his mother, active in the musical community there. A former president of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1948, Lyons often sang in [[opera]] presentations.<ref name=obit>Hall M. Lyons obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', July 26, 1998.</ref>
In 1960, Lyons relocated to [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, to become an independent oil producer.<ref name=lyonsfamily/> He also operated at least two wells in Pointe Coupee Parish in south Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drillingedge.com/louisiana/pointe-coupee-parish/leases/glaser-et-al/102316-3|title=Glaser et al, Lease #102316-3|publisher=drillingedge.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref> the second from January 1977 to October 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drillingedge.com/louisiana/pointe-coupee-parish/leases/lottie-land-development-co/029138-1|title=Lottie Land & Development Co,. Lease #029138-1|publisher=drillingedge.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref> In 1985, Lyons was listed as president of Golden Eagle Mining, Inc., in Lafayette, a company since inactive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/people/LOUISIANA/LAFAYETTE/HALL-LYONS.html|title=Hall Lyons in Lafayette, Louisiana|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>
In 1960, Lyons relocated to [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, to become an independent oil producer.<ref name=lyonsfamily/> He also operated at least two wells in Pointe Coupee Parish in south Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drillingedge.com/louisiana/pointe-coupee-parish/leases/glaser-et-al/102316-3|title=Glaser et al, Lease #102316-3|publisher=drillingedge.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref> the second from January 1977 to October 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drillingedge.com/louisiana/pointe-coupee-parish/leases/lottie-land-development-co/029138-1|title=Lottie Land & Development Co,. Lease #029138-1|publisher=drillingedge.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref> In 1985, Lyons was listed as president of Golden Eagle Mining, Inc., in Lafayette, a company since inactive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/people/LOUISIANA/LAFAYETTE/HALL-LYONS.html|title=Hall Lyons in Lafayette, Louisiana|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==
===Republican House campaign, 1966===
Both Charlton and Hall Lyons were originally [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1966, having resided for nearly six years in Lafayette, Lyons entered the first of his two political races as a candidate. He challenged the reelection of the nine-term Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] Edwin Edward Willis (1904-1972) of St. Martinville Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat, now held by the Republican [[Clay Higgins]]. Willis had first defeated two fellow Democrats in the 1966 party primary, State Representative Richard Guidry of Lafourche Parish and state Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc of Vermilion Parish, who had made a fortune in the patent medicine called Hadacol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1592776/|title=Everyone gets into state politics|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=August 12, 1966|location=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]|page=15|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref>
Both Charlton and Hall Lyons were originally [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1966, having resided for nearly six years in Lafayette, Lyons entered the first of his two political races as a candidate. He challenged the reelection of the nine-term Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] Edwin Edward Willis (1904-1972) of St. Martinville Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat, now held by the Republican [[Clay Higgins]]. Willis had first defeated two fellow Democrats in the 1966 party primary, State Representative Richard Guidry of Lafourche Parish and state Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc of Vermilion Parish, who had made a fortune in the patent medicine called Hadacol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1592776/|title=Everyone gets into state politics|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=August 12, 1966|location=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]|page=15|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref>