Margaret Smalls Lyons 76, of Stuart Point, daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Ransom Smalls, died March 22, 2018 at her residence.
Funeral Services: 1:00 PM Saturday, March 31, 2018, in the Joseph M. Wright Memorial Chapel of Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lobeco.
Margaret (Marg) Smalls Lyons, was born June 14, 1941 in Lobeco, SC. She was one of six children born to the late Elizabeth and Robert Smalls. On March 22, 2018, she heard the voice of Jesus calling and she answered at her residence and slipped away to a better place. A place where there is no more sickness, hurt, harm, danger, pain nor suffering.
Marg was educated in the local public schools in Beaufort, SC. She labored in the fields along with her parents and siblings until she migrated to New York in 1960. She then decided she would pursue higher education and received her Bachelor of Science degree. She later met and in 1966, married the love of her life, the late Horace Lyons.
Marg was employed with the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) for 30 years. While employed with DSS, she also earned her Master’s in Social Service from Hofstra University. After retirement, Margaret relocated to Columbia, SC and later decided she'd moved back to where her roots began in Beaufort, SC.
Marg attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lobeco, SC, at an early age. Once she moved back home, she returned to Mt. Calvary, her home church, where she served the Lord until she became ill. She was always willing to help and would go out of her way to help others.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Shirley Ann Wright, two brothers, Willie Smalls Jr. and Robert (Sonny) Smalls Jr. and a dear lifelong friend, James Chance better known as “JC.
Those left to celebrate her life and cherish her fond memories are her loving and devoted children: Cora Stafford (Bo) Copperas Cove, TX, Ray A. Wright (Toni) Tampa, FL and Philicia Weir (Alonzo) Valley Stream, NY; three sisters: Rosa Speaks (Herbert), Jamaica, NY, Helen Cherry (Henry) Lobeco, SC and Betty J. Parker (Vernon) Fayetteville, NC; six grandchildren: Jerrell Jackson, Killeen TX, Brittani Cameron, Copperas Cove, TX, Vanita Wright Charlotte, NC, Anthony Wright, Charleston, SC, Alonzo N. Weir, III and Nyla Weir, both of Valley Stream, NY; one great grand Elijah Jackson, Killeen, TX, five nephews: Terry Smalls Lobeco, SC, Kernell Speaks Jamaica, NY, John Smith Jr., and Raheem Cherry, both of Philadelphia, PA and Anthony Smalls of Chicago, IL; six nieces: Nichelle Smalls-Young and Tanaha Smalls both of Chicago, IL, Michelle Speaks-Brown Jacksonville, FL, Meryl Speaks Poughkeepsie, NY, Latonia Pouncey (Eric) East Brunswick, NJ, and Meshae (Akel) Parker, Fayetteville, NC, one uncle, Moses Smalls, Sr. of Lobeco, SC, and a host of other loving cousins, family and friends and a godchild, who looked up to her like a second mother, Brittney Smith.
Funeral Services: 1:00 PM Saturday, March 31, 2018, in the Joseph M. Wright Memorial Chapel of Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lobeco.
Margaret (Marg) Smalls Lyons, was born June 14, 1941 in Lobeco, SC. She was one of six children born to the late Elizabeth and Robert Smalls. On March 22, 2018, she heard the voice of Jesus calling and she answered at her residence and slipped away to a better place. A place where there is no more sickness, hurt, harm, danger, pain nor suffering.
Marg was educated in the local public schools in Beaufort, SC. She labored in the fields along with her parents and siblings until she migrated to New York in 1960. She then decided she would pursue higher education and received her Bachelor of Science degree. She later met and in 1966, married the love of her life, the late Horace Lyons.
Marg was employed with the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) for 30 years. While employed with DSS, she also earned her Master’s in Social Service from Hofstra University. After retirement, Margaret relocated to Columbia, SC and later decided she'd moved back to where her roots began in Beaufort, SC.
Marg attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lobeco, SC, at an early age. Once she moved back home, she returned to Mt. Calvary, her home church, where she served the Lord until she became ill. She was always willing to help and would go out of her way to help others.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Shirley Ann Wright, two brothers, Willie Smalls Jr. and Robert (Sonny) Smalls Jr. and a dear lifelong friend, James Chance better known as “JC.
Those left to celebrate her life and cherish her fond memories are her loving and devoted children: Cora Stafford (Bo) Copperas Cove, TX, Ray A. Wright (Toni) Tampa, FL and Philicia Weir (Alonzo) Valley Stream, NY; three sisters: Rosa Speaks (Herbert), Jamaica, NY, Helen Cherry (Henry) Lobeco, SC and Betty J. Parker (Vernon) Fayetteville, NC; six grandchildren: Jerrell Jackson, Killeen TX, Brittani Cameron, Copperas Cove, TX, Vanita Wright Charlotte, NC, Anthony Wright, Charleston, SC, Alonzo N. Weir, III and Nyla Weir, both of Valley Stream, NY; one great grand Elijah Jackson, Killeen, TX, five nephews: Terry Smalls Lobeco, SC, Kernell Speaks Jamaica, NY, John Smith Jr., and Raheem Cherry, both of Philadelphia, PA and Anthony Smalls of Chicago, IL; six nieces: Nichelle Smalls-Young and Tanaha Smalls both of Chicago, IL, Michelle Speaks-Brown Jacksonville, FL, Meryl Speaks Poughkeepsie, NY, Latonia Pouncey (Eric) East Brunswick, NJ, and Meshae (Akel) Parker, Fayetteville, NC, one uncle, Moses Smalls, Sr. of Lobeco, SC, and a host of other loving cousins, family and friends and a godchild, who looked up to her like a second mother, Brittney Smith.
Margaret Smalls Lyons 76, of Stuart Point, daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Ransom Smalls, died March 22, 2018 at her residence.
Funeral Services: 1:00 PM Saturday, March 31, 2018, in the Joseph M. Wright Memorial Chapel of Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lobeco.
Margaret (Marg) Smalls Lyons, was born June 14, 1941 in Lobeco, SC. She was one of six children born to the late Elizabeth and Robert Smalls. On March 22, 2018, she heard the voice of Jesus calling and she answered at her residence and slipped away to a better place. A place where there is no more sickness, hurt, harm, danger, pain nor suffering.
Marg was educated in the local public schools in Beaufort, SC. She labored in the fields along with her parents and siblings until she migrated to New York in 1960. She then decided she would pursue higher education and received her Bachelor of Science degree. She later met and in 1966, married the love of her life, the late Horace Lyons.
Marg was employed with the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) for 30 years. While employed with DSS, she also earned her Master’s in Social Service from Hofstra University. After retirement, Margaret relocated to Columbia, SC and later decided she'd moved back to where her roots began in Beaufort, SC.
Marg attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lobeco, SC, at an early age. Once she moved back home, she returned to Mt. Calvary, her home church, where she served the Lord until she became ill. She was always willing to help and would go out of her way to help others.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Shirley Ann Wright, two brothers, Willie Smalls Jr. and Robert (Sonny) Smalls Jr. and a dear lifelong friend, James Chance better known as “JC.
Those left to celebrate her life and cherish her fond memories are her loving and devoted children: Cora Stafford (Bo) Copperas Cove, TX, Ray A. Wright (Toni) Tampa, FL and Philicia Weir (Alonzo) Valley Stream, NY; three sisters: Rosa Speaks (Herbert), Jamaica, NY, Helen Cherry (Henry) Lobeco, SC and Betty J. Parker (Vernon) Fayetteville, NC; six grandchildren: Jerrell Jackson, Killeen TX, Brittani Cameron, Copperas Cove, TX, Vanita Wright Charlotte, NC, Anthony Wright, Charleston, SC, Alonzo N. Weir, III and Nyla Weir, both of Valley Stream, NY; one great grand Elijah Jackson, Killeen, TX, five nephews: Terry Smalls Lobeco, SC, Kernell Speaks Jamaica, NY, John Smith Jr., and Raheem Cherry, both of Philadelphia, PA and Anthony Smalls of Chicago, IL; six nieces: Nichelle Smalls-Young and Tanaha Smalls both of Chicago, IL, Michelle Speaks-Brown Jacksonville, FL, Meryl Speaks Poughkeepsie, NY, Latonia Pouncey (Eric) East Brunswick, NJ, and Meshae (Akel) Parker, Fayetteville, NC, one uncle, Moses Smalls, Sr. of Lobeco, SC, and a host of other loving cousins, family and friends and a godchild, who looked up to her like a second mother, Brittney Smith.
Funeral Services: 1:00 PM Saturday, March 31, 2018, in the Joseph M. Wright Memorial Chapel of Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lobeco.
Margaret (Marg) Smalls Lyons, was born June 14, 1941 in Lobeco, SC. She was one of six children born to the late Elizabeth and Robert Smalls. On March 22, 2018, she heard the voice of Jesus calling and she answered at her residence and slipped away to a better place. A place where there is no more sickness, hurt, harm, danger, pain nor suffering.
Marg was educated in the local public schools in Beaufort, SC. She labored in the fields along with her parents and siblings until she migrated to New York in 1960. She then decided she would pursue higher education and received her Bachelor of Science degree. She later met and in 1966, married the love of her life, the late Horace Lyons.
Marg was employed with the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) for 30 years. While employed with DSS, she also earned her Master’s in Social Service from Hofstra University. After retirement, Margaret relocated to Columbia, SC and later decided she'd moved back to where her roots began in Beaufort, SC.
Marg attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lobeco, SC, at an early age. Once she moved back home, she returned to Mt. Calvary, her home church, where she served the Lord until she became ill. She was always willing to help and would go out of her way to help others.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Shirley Ann Wright, two brothers, Willie Smalls Jr. and Robert (Sonny) Smalls Jr. and a dear lifelong friend, James Chance better known as “JC.
Those left to celebrate her life and cherish her fond memories are her loving and devoted children: Cora Stafford (Bo) Copperas Cove, TX, Ray A. Wright (Toni) Tampa, FL and Philicia Weir (Alonzo) Valley Stream, NY; three sisters: Rosa Speaks (Herbert), Jamaica, NY, Helen Cherry (Henry) Lobeco, SC and Betty J. Parker (Vernon) Fayetteville, NC; six grandchildren: Jerrell Jackson, Killeen TX, Brittani Cameron, Copperas Cove, TX, Vanita Wright Charlotte, NC, Anthony Wright, Charleston, SC, Alonzo N. Weir, III and Nyla Weir, both of Valley Stream, NY; one great grand Elijah Jackson, Killeen, TX, five nephews: Terry Smalls Lobeco, SC, Kernell Speaks Jamaica, NY, John Smith Jr., and Raheem Cherry, both of Philadelphia, PA and Anthony Smalls of Chicago, IL; six nieces: Nichelle Smalls-Young and Tanaha Smalls both of Chicago, IL, Michelle Speaks-Brown Jacksonville, FL, Meryl Speaks Poughkeepsie, NY, Latonia Pouncey (Eric) East Brunswick, NJ, and Meshae (Akel) Parker, Fayetteville, NC, one uncle, Moses Smalls, Sr. of Lobeco, SC, and a host of other loving cousins, family and friends and a godchild, who looked up to her like a second mother, Brittney Smith.
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