1932

Curtis Leon Lyell was born on 16 May 1932 in Tennessee, USA as the first child of Ellis D. Lyell and Inous Yates Lyell Foster.

1940

Curtis Lyell was counted in the census on 03 Apr 1940 in Hickman, Tennessee, USA, as a 7-year-old, male, single, white, grandson. Also in the home was his grandfather, Ollie J Yates; his grandmother, Lovalla Yates; his mother, Inis Lyell; and his siblings, Paul Lyell, Harold Lyell, and Mary K Lyell.

1950

When he was 17, he married Hebron Eva Mae Stokes, daughter of Hebron C. Stokes and Viola Stokes Huggins, on 28 Apr 1950 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.\

1951

On December 14, 1951, Curtis Lyell was mentioned as the father on the death record of Barbara Lynn Lyell.

2022

He died on 09 Apr 2022. He was buried on 13 Apr 2022 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Quaker Cemetery.

Obituary of Curtis Leon Lyell

Graveside service for Curtis Leon Lyell, 89, will be held Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. in Quaker Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the service in the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

            Curtis was born May 16, 1932, to the late Ellis D. Lyell and Inous Yates Lyell, in Lyell, Tennessee. Mr. Lyell was an Airmen in the United States Air Force. He took great pride in his work as he was a self-employed builder a retiree from DuPont with 32 years of service.  Curtis enjoyed traveling to his second home in Tennessee, farming, coaching little league baseball, singing, and collecting antiques and clocks. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #411.

    Surviving are his companion, Jean Jeffers; children, Danny Lyell (Deborah) and Terry Lyell (Billie); sister, Mary Kathryn Warren; grandchildren, Jessica Norris (Daniel), T.J. Lyell (Katie), Lindsey Lyell and Laurie Lyell (Tony); great-grandchildren, Easton Norris, Ava Norris, Hudson Norris, Mason Martin and Kaia Martin; and nieces.  He was predeceased by daughter, Barbara Lynn Lyell; sister, Marjorie Foster; and brothers, Paul Lyell and Harold Lyell.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE

12:00 pm
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Quaker Cemetery
713 Meeting St
Camden, South Carolina, United States