Cathy Lyons, of Florence passed away Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Huntsville Hospital. She was 55.
The memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the Elkins Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Laura Hutchinson will officiate. Friends will visit from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
Cathy was a graduate of Sheffield High School and the University of North Alabama. She was a Registered Nurse and had worked at ECM Hospital, Glenwood Nursing and Rehab and more recently in home care.
She especially loved attending Sunday School at the First Christian Church and the family thanks its members for their concern and support. She was a perfectionist and her yard on Cypress Street was a testament of her abilities. She was also an avid cat lover.
Cathy is survived by her husband Russell Lyons, step-daughter Tia Lyons Thompson (Sidney); step-grandchildren Tyrus, Taryn, Tatem, Tokoa, Tristan and Tory; and a brother, Bill Tucker of Sheffield. She will be missed by her family and close friends Starlin and Clezelle Swinney , Edna Pearson, Nikki, Steve and family, Jeanie Boddie, the Nichols Chapel Church family and all Wilson Food Center staff, past and present.
She was preceded in death by her parents O.E. and Laura Tucker.