Mrs. Tanya Lillian Padgett Lyons, 29, of Round O, entered into her state of eternal rest Saturday afternoon, June 12, 2010, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 oclock Tuesday morning, June 15, 2010, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Smyly Cemetery, Ruffin.
Mrs. Lyons was born December 9, 1980, in Colleton County and was a daughter of James Monroe Padgett and Judy Martell Frick Padgett. She was a graduate of Trident Technical College where she earned her degree as a Radiological Technician and graduated Magna Cum Ladas and on the National Deans List and graduating as a member of Phi Theta Kappa sorority. She was raised in her family church, Carters Ford Baptist Church in Lodge where she still held her membership and was a volunteer with the Colleton County Fire Rescue having been active with Station No. 5 in Canadys.
Surviving in addition to her father of Lodge and her mother of Round O are: her husband of nine years, Bobby Dean Lyons, Jr.; a son, Cody P-N Padgett of the home; and two daughters, Taylor Lillian Lyons and Taylen Lilly Lyons both of the home; a brother, Wyatt Padgett of Round O; and a sister, Jaime M. P. Infinger of Round O. Her paternal grandmother, Jennie Lillian Padgett of Lodge and her life long best friend, Melissa W. Delk of Round O as well as several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews also survive.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tanya Lyons Memorial, care of First Federal of South Carolina in Walterboro.
Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 this Monday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.