Debra Annette Lyons Aron died on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at NMMC and crossed over to eternity at the age of 70. Debra was born on April 8, 1954 in Tupelo to the late W.T. Lyons and Annie Marie Hipps Lyons. She loved East Tupelo, attended Tupelo Free Will Baptist Church and lived most of her life there. Deb was a 1972 graduate of Tupelo High School and later attended Beauty College. She worked in her early life at her dad’s businesses, Lyons and Nanney Motors and 78 Truck Stop. She worked later as an optics technician. Always the life of the party, Debra loved people, was a generous conversationalist, neighborly and an avid Ole Miss Rebel fan. She was a loyal patron of the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, enjoyed all genres of music and all animals, especially dogs, and loved Elvis. In her youth and for years, Debra traveled extensively with her late best friend, Debra Witcher and Debra’s mother, Jean. Her life was summed up by the Serenity Prayer, which guided her through the mountain tops and valleys of her earthly pilgrimage. She will be missed!
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4 PM Friday, January 3, 2024 in the Sadie M. Holland Memorial Chapel at Holland Funeral Directors in Tupelo with Rev. Russell Fletcher officiating. Private burial will follow in Gilvo Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 PM to service time Friday only. For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed at hollandfuneraldirectors.com/Live-streaming, and will be archived thereafter.
Debra is survived by her nieces and nephews, Lycrecia Harris (Herb Braun), Sheila Sheffield (Bill), Elmo Lyons, Stacy Lyons, Greg Lyons (Robert Schroever, Sonny Lyons (Ann Savery Lyons), Sharon Palmer and Sandy Lyons and their families, a very special friend who was a “second Mother” to her, Jean Wheeler Walters and a close friend, Judith Ramey. She was preceded in death by her parents, W.T. and Annie Lyons; brothers, James Lyons, Elmo Lyons, and George Lyons; and her beloved dogs, Pup and Lucy.
Holland Funeral Directors is honored to serve the family.
