Rev. Amos Lyon Is Miss ionary Stone Mountain

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1 Rev. Amos Lyon Is Miss ionary Stone Mountain [I The Rev. Amos Lyon has accepted the position as superintendent of missions for Stone Mountain Bap,lllit As~J!iation. Mr. Lfon is a graduate of Fruitland Bible Institute and for the I past ten years has been in pastoral I work in the Surry and Stone Mountain Baptist Associations. He is presently serving as pastor of Benham Baptist Church, He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I C. S. Lyon of Traphill and is married to the former Miss Lois Byrd., They have two children, :1{ennetli. Lyon of the home anjlmts, Gle'tln Fasanella of Buies Creek. As Stone Mountain superintendent of missions Mr. Lyon succeeds the Rev. Bill Pruitt, associational missionary for the past five years and who plans to enter fulltiril.e pastoral work. XS. if 21) ;8'La1 Newton Cl:>server & News-Enterpri&e North Wilk&boro: Journal Patroit -oxlord Ledger Pilot Mow,tain News Pittsboro: O,atham Record Plymouth: Roanoke Beacon Raeford: News- Journal!aleigh: Cuolinian

2 MISSION SUPERINTENDENT: The Rev. Amos w. Lyon has accepted a call to be superintendent of missions for the stone Mountain Baptist Association. Th e Rev. M. "Lyon is a graduate of Fruitland Bible Institute, He has held pastoral positions for 10 years in both the Surry and Stone Mountain associations, He presently is pastor of Benham Baptl~t Church. Mr. Lyon is the son of Mr. and Mrs, c. S, Lyon of Traphill. He and his wife, the former Lois Byrd, live on Benham Road. They have a son, Kenneth, of the home, and a daughter, Mrs, Glenn Fasonella of Buies Cr e.

3 NAME: Lyon, Amos DATA: Photograph SOURCE: Stone Mountain Baptist Association Minutes, 1959 ( /M66sto)

4 STATE BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM Please read carefully the Instruction Sheet and then list the appropriate as it directs. LyaAl(LMt) /,(///latd 1. NAME ti! information (Second) (Firlt) Give full names. For a married woman please put maiden name in parentheses. (EXAMPLE: Cole, Mary Ann (Smith).) 2. BIRTH ,.{P"""la,...ce"T") --..Wr;..:;...i... J.,~,.,.;'=un..::i;~,-,y),----.L.~...L.,,,(,..;...ta.:a:~;,...) ;.. DEATH 3. PARENTS. S ~XAMPLE: A,vJ Father's occupation ~ deceased) JS-e..±', r::e.j Number =7;-!a r-oid i)j. IJ,ao0 5. SISTERS ~eceased) (~ Num7 List full names and year of birth ) ~'1a Ill (Date> n/ Alec Joe D (tlj 4. BROTHERS f., J.,.:l/; - I Cf;J.. µ -kt,0 I.J.6',I,'/1,,;,,d List full names and year of birth I, J I, =--v.d>---tha..f'nc>e~,,/h.j.,, NcJr-,-.,, s - J'[.;.() 1 ) 1 6. CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE: (Please list each residence of 3 years duration or more, up to the time of the 18th birthday) Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R); town under 2500 pop. (T); city 2500 or mo?p (C). Check one. R[B' TD co R [:] TO R o To Ro To C Rt./., 0 co c o 7. EDUCATION: Grammar school: G raduate? Yes ( v( No ( ) Year graduated High school: Graduate? Y:es (...,(No ( ) Year graduated School attended: TJ?A:p}fJJ.,.J..) H,'<i/f Ti!.fr,Cj,L'-'-> {Name) (Whether graduate or not; if more than one was attended, show the last one.) College: Years attended: None ( v('one ( ) 2-3 ( Whether graduated or not, list college(s) attended: F¼;ctltf1> Min. 1te~~-t1~ (Name) {Place) ) Graduate ( mite) Ila:; (v'/;{%;i/, <EXAMPLE : (State) 19as- as> (Years attended) (Degree) Graduate-level: List college(s), seminary(ies), etc. attended; earned degrees (Name) (Place) (State) (Years attended) (Degree)

5 8. SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED: (Honorary degrees, such as: D.D., Howard College, 1948; citations, such as: Who's Who in American Colleges an~ Universities, 1939; honorary positions, such as: "Man of the Year"-Pryor, Okla., 1943, etc.) 9. MARITAL INFORMATION: Spouse Birthdate of Spouse Place of Marriage (Town and State) Date of Marriage (1) (2 Number of children (,.V. List their full names and birthdates: (an example of a married daught would be: Mrs. John Alan (Mary Lou) Ross, ) /h.61flos((., AJE- Fa sa1ve../ KGIIINlt-fu h/m, ty() 4/ A-Zl.41/ r--s Q/e-~,.J la S /1-'t-R 10. VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocations, occupations, trades, or professions engaged in for two or more years)~l,.x.iti:z!...jjjw{:l.~.=e..~~~r,5!!~~~ '/ 'l, Baptism {l~( 4Ji(.s (Location of Church) 11. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: ~u Conversion List,any church, other than Baptist, with which formerly affiliated Ordained as: Minister ( v( Deacon ( ) Other...,,,..-=----- <Dalf;Li, 8Yl/@!Jd B1ttl, p/~/ )./{s~~ta,!lo:.,tei, 12. LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY, UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service, in the space provided, for each office ever held.) Gen. Supt,, Dept. Supt., Teacher, List below other Director, Other Offices Director, Counselor, offices or service, President Circle Chm. Sponsor, such as: Sec., (give number of years service) Leader Aseoc. Supt., etc. Ch. Treas. Deacon - - Trustee - Ch. Library - q /J) ~ Usher - Ch. Recreati011- S.S. Ch.Clerk - Choir Mem. - T.U. I Other - Choir Direc. - Ch. Committee Chm- V.B.S. l ~ a List completed Study Course diplomas Broth. W.M.U. (Indicate related organizations, such as: S.S., T.U., etc.) ll/1un,er4:.4~ 13. DEN9~INATI0NA~ SERVICE, UNSALARIED. (Please list positions held in Baptist associations, convention~ (state or Southern), national and world-wide organizations, such as; moderator, president, clerk, trustee, board, commission or committee members; etc.) Example: S.S. Superintendent Bethel Association Kentucky (Position) (Organization, board, agency, etc.) (State) (Date) ~~ r-j ~~ Hee s u.. r-r-'!4-a; s.,n [I. (i. ) 'I~ 5--41,o 01Mc, P1a~e.,Pc:ec,o.k+.) S::bn 11e. hi:ru-4-. &.a.?

6 14. TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, IN SAL- ARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS. (Including pastors, denominational workers, missionaries, ministers of education and music, church secretaries, faculty members or employees of Baptist institutions, agencies, etc.) TYPE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE: List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration; check F (full-time) or P (part-time). Examples: F [Kl (Position) (Church, agency, area, institution, place of service) (Date of service) p [!] 1. pastor County Line Baptist Church, Turkey Creek, La P D 2. missionary Ogbomosho, Nigeria, W. Africa P [a l?a,;l:9,.)?'o Bes B P apnd-1 ehs, &!HJS p r:%..pkfo~ BE!V"/fll#J p(~l~11-11,1l2. ~. 1?~1;1 o,;,/yr:7 fj/tj>&i: po, ~~..,G//t.-/A-jVI.~ p D PD t~,~~ /fl,;l-(, 1 17'tr-/,? 15. OTHER TYPES OF RELIGIOUS SERVICE: (In associations, assemblies, colleges, conventions (state or Southern), national or world-wide meetings, such as: speaker, music director, committee chairman, etc.) (POBition) (Place of Service) (Date of Service) Cl.{)g,,~e,:!.!.,.J..:./IJC.:.,'d~~~==T--=5~h~lll6,:a.;/IJ~~:..+i... ""-"./..a..:::~=.alo,...h...4.~-----l96f-l'rfmed' 16. AUTHORSHIP (Include books, booklets, lesson courses or curriculum material, and tracts) (Book, item, etc.) (Publisher) (Date published) 17. CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP: (Service organizations, fraternal, P.T.A., Civic, etc.) List important positions of leadership held 18. HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS: Favorite t'j4l,')j 1 Others...,,/-b'-"'==p/:-'~~... ~q,.= PUBLIC SERVICE: (Military, educational, political, etc. not previously listed) IJ s I 0/JNf - J'l4t/ fi The information for items #1-19 has been filled in by /1;1$ Ly~~ I Mailing address R/:ll:2,&x JJ/(..,tl, G-IJ;,)r;//,t!.,. Sources used in compiling th~ information are: (Example: ~rsonal knowle~ge; minutes, Calvary Baptist Church, Wisner, La.; Court Records, Copiah County, Miss.; etc.)

7 20. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERIZATION (Please read special instruction sheet carefully and sample biographies before proceeding.) Name of µer8on writing the abov e characteri zation P. 0. Address Return to: Name P. 0. Address