Joseph (Lionel) Lyons Jr.

August 21, 2021

Joseph (Lionel) Lyons, Jr. "Uncle Coco" departed this life on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Husband of Joyce Lewis Lyons. Son of the late Joseph and Rosa Lyons, Sr. Father-in-law Edward "Eddie" Lewis, Jr. and mother-in-law Elvira Jones Lewis. Sister-in-laws Jean Lewis Nichols and Lizette Lewis Randolph (Derek). Stepsister Dorothy Lyons. Nieces Chante´ and Crystal Randolph. God child Deon Davis Harper. Cousins Deborah Davis McManus and Sylvia Davis Adams. Devoted caretaker at St Jude Rehabilitation Center Tracy Lewis. Also survived by a host of other cousins and friends. Age 86 years old. A native of New Orleans, LA and a resident of South Salcedo (Back of Town). Relatives and Friends of the family also pastors, officers and members of the Greater Mount Hermon Baptist Church , St. Paul The Apostle Catholic Church, Greater Providence Baptist Church of Algiers; employees of St. Jude Rehabilitation Center, Orleans Parish School System, former employees of Hibernia and Capital One Banks, New Orleans Sewerage and Waterboard, employees of LCMC CCPI/Children’s/TOURO, and are invited to attend the funeral services at Mount Hermon Baptist Church 2153 North Broad New Orleans Louisiana on Saturday 28 at 10: 00am Rev Jackson officiating. Visitation from 9:00 until service time at the above-named church. Interment Mount Olivet Mausoleum 4003 Norman Mayer Drive New Orleans Louisiana Arrangement by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook. *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhodes is encouraging everyone to continue social distancing and remind you it’s a MUST to wear your mask to enter the services.