LYON, Mary Jennie Willis - L-Obituaries

Hillsboro -- Mary Jennie Lyon, age 87, a resident here nearly all her life died at 11 a. m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill., where she had been a patient since Sunday. Mrs. Lyon had lived in recent years at the Rudisill Nursing Homes in Crawfordsville and Covington. Born here Aug. 26, 1875, she was a daughter of John and Amelia Booe Willis. She married William Lyon, a former Hillsboro postmaster. He died Jan. 26, 1960. Mrs. Lyon was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church and a charter member of the Women's Missionary Society. She served as assistant postmaster here for a number of years while her husband was postmaster. A daughter, Margaret Lyon, preceded her mother in death. Surviving are four nieces and three nephews. She was the last survivor of her family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Crumley Funeral Home. The Rev. Ross Kirk will officiate. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The body is at the Funeral Home where friends may call.  -- typed by Walt W