Thelma Janis Hardesty Lyon

Services: A Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM in Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico, MD with Rev. William J. Neat officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Monday, November 29, 2010 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 7:00 PM. Thelma Janis Lyon, 81, of Mechanicsville, died November 22, 2010 at her residence. Born August 22, 1929 in Budds Creek, MD she was the daughter of the late Wilfred Rencher and Anna Mae Hardesty. Mrs. Lyon was the loving wife of the late Luke “Eugene” Lyon whom she married on November 8, 1947 in Trinity Episcopal Church and preceded her in death on October 16, 2004. Mrs. Lyon is survived by her children; Michael Lyon of Avenue, MD, Janice Pilkerton and Debra Gray both of Mechanicsville, MD. She is also survived by six grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Lyon was preceded in death by her brother Levin Hardesty. Mrs. Lyon was born in St. Mary’s County and moved to Charles County for 52 years before returning back to her family farm in 1998. She was a Homemaker and also farmed. Mrs. Lyon was a member of the Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department ladies auxiliary. The family will receive friends on Monday, November 29, 2010 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 7:00 PM. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM in Christ Episcopal Church, Chaptico, MD with Rev. William Jesse Neat officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Richard Pilkerton, John Pilkerton, Jimmy Pilkerton, Alan Bowling, Ronnie Lyon, Ronnie Kilinski and Jake Pilkerton. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Hospice, P.O. Box 65, Leonardtown, MD 20650.