Bill, is that an angel on your shoulder?
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Lawrence
G. Lyons
WEST
BRIDGEWATER
L.G.
"Bill"
Lyons,
lost his
long
battle
with
cancer,
Jan. 15,
2010. He
was 75
years
old.
Bill and
his wife
Amy
performed
all over
New
England
as the
duo
"Just
the two
of Us."
They
were
also
mentors
for
children
in the
arts. In
his
younger
years,
Bill
wrestled
professionally.
He also
starred
in a
movie
called
The
Lawrence
Mill
Strike,
in which
he
played
his
guitar
and led
the
strikers
in
protest
songs.
In the
1960s,
he went
to Nova
Scotia
to
collect
songs
with his
good
friend
Jack Parmly.
He was
good
friends
with the
late
Burl
Ives,
Liam
Clancy
and the
Clancy
Bros.,
Oscar
Brand,
Bob
Dylan
and Joe
Hickerson.
He was
the son
of the
late
Alice
Cobbett
and John
Lyons.
Bill
will be
greatly
missed
by all
who knew
him and
enjoyed
his
great
music,
cds and
talented
comic
wit. His
single
written
for
President
Obama
was sung
at the
Tamboo
Restaurant
in
Brockton
on
inauguration
night
and
received
a
standing
ovation.
It was
also
acknowledged
by the
President.
Besides
his
loving
wife
Amy, who
was his
partner
in life
and
song, he
is
survived
by his
two
sisters,
Susan
Morse,
Kathy
Palumbo
and her
husband
John;
two
nephews,
Jeff
Morse
and
Rickie
Crandall;
one
daughter,
Dee
Nilson
and her
friend,
Chuck
Ochs;
and
son-in-law,
Dick
Nilson;
two
grandsons,
Michael
Nilson
and his
wife
Heather,
their
children
Kayla,
Chad,
Kaylee,
Riley
and
Mikey,
David
Nilson
and his
wife
Allisson
and
their
son
Andrew.
A
celebration
of
Bill's
life
will be
held
Feb. 20,
2010,
from
12-5
p.m. in
the
Polish
Club,
127
Spring
St.,
Bridgewater.
All
friends
are
welcome
to
attend.
Bring
your
instruments
if you
wish to
play.
Covered
dishes
also
welcomed.
For more
information,
call
508-587-9823
or email
two2sing@yahoo.com.
For
online
guest
book,
visit
http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=6580028877207.
For info
regarding
the
funeral
home,
visit
Prophett-Chapman
Cole &
Gleason
Bridgewater
508-697-4332
Brockton
Enterprise,
January
27, 2010 |
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