Calvert Baxter Lyon

Calvert Baxter Lyon, age 74, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 23, 2014. He was born March 4, 1940 in Overton, Nevada to Warren McLachlan “Mack” and Dorothy Bowman Lyon. On September 6, 1960, he married Linda Lee Marshall in the St. George LDS Temple.

Cal lived most of his life in Overton, Nevada. He served in the US Air Force in Albuquerque, New Mexico and later in the Air Force Reserve, eventually earning the rank of Colonel. He was president of the Moapa Valley Telephone company and is credited with always being innovative and on the cutting edge of new technology. He served as Bishop in the LDS Church and as a missionary with his wife in the London South Mission. He loved to play golf. He will be remembered as an organized, intelligent businessman, as a man with integrity and as a loving husband and father.

Survivors include his sweetheart, Linda of Overton, NV; four sons and one daughter: Brad (Joyce) of Overton, NV; Shawn (Rochelle) of Valencia, CA; Wes (Heather) of Overton, NV; Aaron (Anita) of Logandale, NV; Ashlee (Joe) Aldrich of Queen Creek, AZ; 19 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one brother and three sisters: Pat (Sam) Wells of Anaheim, CA; Karen (Jim) Hansen of S. Jordan, UT; Jeanenne (Brent) Nielsen of Wellsville, UT and John (Monique) Lyon of Overton, NV. He was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Morgan and one sister, Rebecca.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, Overton LDS Chapel. Visitation will be Friday, May 30, 2014 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Moapa Valley Mortuary and again from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the chapel. Interment will follow in the Pioneer Hill Memorial Cemetery in Overton, Nevada.