Funeral Services for R.B Lyons, 71, of Killeen, will be held 11:00 AM Thursday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home on Killeen. Burial with full military honors will follow at 1:00 PM at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.
R.B. Lyons was born in Grand Prairie, Texas on January 6, 1948 to the parentage of Earl and Lula Mae Lyons.
In 1965, at the young age of 17, R.B. joined the United States Army. He met his wife Hannelore Lyons while stationed in Ludwigsburg, Germany in 1973 and married on March 10, 1978. To this union 2 children were born, Ramona and Benjamin. R.B. served his country with honor until his retirement at Fort Hood, Texas in 1988. Not long after his retirement from the Army he began working as a truck driver with Trinity Industries where he would retire once again in 2012.
Three brothers and a sister preceded him in passing: Billy Earl Lyons, Donald Lee Lyons, Albert Jerry Lyons and Wanda LaNell Woods Johnson
Left on Earth to cherish his memories and await that great reunion are a loving wife: Hannelore Lyons; two daughters: Carmen Woods (Billy) & Ramona Anderson; one son: Benjamin Lyons (April); six grandchildren: Billy Laroy Woods III, Jasmine Anderson, Michael Anderson Jr., Dakota Lyons, Benjamin Lyons Jr. and Abigail Lyons; two sisters: Sallie Lewis (Danny) and Earlene Webb (Donald) two brothers: Sedric Lyons and Lonnie Lyons (Jackie) and a host of nieces, nephews and close friends.
A time of visitation and fellowship will be 6:00-8:00 PM Wednesday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen which is charge of the arrangements.
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