Pete Lyons

Now

Retired from Osram Sylvania Lighting 2013.Living in an "Active Adult 55+" community and loving it.

Golf, Tennis, Pickleball, Kayaking, became a first time boater after buying a Pontoon Boat.

All those activities help me discover new things and places that can ache and hurt!

Community is great for social events, parties and just good ole sharing with all our new friends.  LG, Life is Good.

First Time Grandparent with the birth of Lucy Marie Lyons in June of 2015.  Named our boat "Lil Lucy."  What a sweet munchkin she is!

One son, Chad, and his wife Liz (Michigan Girl) live near us here in GA.  Our other son, Garrett, is a chef in Portland, OR.

Since CHS

Attended Lambuth College in Jackson TN after our 1966 graduation.  Got to play basketball, baseball and a little tennis at the college level, albeit small college stuff.

Moved to Atlanta to teach and coach for about 5 years then moved to Baton Rouge to get my Masters at LSU.  Had full intentions to teach and coach at the collegiate level.  That didn't transpire.  So I eventually ended up getting hired by Sylvania Lighting division in Atlanta GA.  Worked there for 34 years until retiring in 2013.  Seems like that went by about as fast as it took to write these couple of paragraphs.

Have attended a variety of churches in and around the Atlanta area.. taught young adults at one of those for about 8 years .. very rewarding ... And I can safely say I learned as much if not more than my students.  (Jeff Foxworthy's brother was a member of that class.  I think Jeff must have gotten some of his material from Jay!)

While I've lived in a relatively few places ... Clinton, Jackson TN, Atlanta, Baton Rouge and now Gainesville, we have been privileged and blessed to travel to many beautiful places:  Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, France, N Africa, Central America, Caribbean and many others.  These experiences give me a great appreciation for one of the best places - The Good Ole Deep South.

CHS Years

How CHS inspired us... Not sure if I was so aware of this back then as I am now, but I now realize what a wonderful, caring, non-threatening, friendly, accepting place we grew up in.  Didn't matter whether you were one of the brains, jocks, theatricals, band members, teacher's pets, religious affiliation, etc, it seems like everybody was accepted and accepted others.  That was and is a lifelong lesson that has made me a better person.

Had a lot of good coaches, but the one that stands out most was Lamont Echols ... just the right amount of tough guy, coach, instructor, life lessons and a wealth of baseball knowledge.  I patterned a lot of my coaching 'style' after him!

Music - had the privilege to play and sing with Mike McPhearson and Allan Rankin in a little rock and roll band and Folk singing group.  They were the talented musicians.  I was along for the ride.  Fun times while it lasted.

Bonus

Performed in several theater productions in college.  Have performed in our community's variety show, once as a 'synchronized swimmer; and once in a ballet wearing a tutu.

Have Hank Aaron's autograph on a ticket stub from the game he broke Babe Ruth's home run record.  (that might give it away!)

Chad, Liz, Pete, Becky, Garrett

Lucy Marie Lyons

Garrett, Pete, Chad