Timothy C. Lyons

February 16, 1965 - March 16, 2022

TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER LYONS GREW UP IN THE MONTEZUMA GARDENS AREA OF HENRICO. HE WAS BORN WITH MANY CHALLENGES. HE HAD DOWN SYNDROME, EPILEPSY, AND HE WAS NONVERBAL. LATER IN LIFE, HE SUFFERED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. HIS FAMILY WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE PAST 15 YEARS OLD AND YET HE LIVED UNTIL HE WAS 57 YEARS OLD. BOTH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER WERE FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS AND THEY MADE SURE THAT TIM AND HIS SIBLINGS ATTENDED CHURCH AND PARTICIPATED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES. HE WAS FULLY CONNECTED IN HIS FAITH. EVEN WITH HIS CHALLENGES, HE MANAGED TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND GRADUATE FROM VIRGINIA RANDOLPH. HE WAS AN ATHLETE AND RAN TRACK IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND ATTENDED HERMITAGE ENTERPRISE WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. TIM WAS A SOCIAL FELLOW WHO LOVED BEING AROUND PEOPLE. HE ALWAYS HAD A POSITIVE AND JOLLY ATTITUDE AND WAS EASYGOING. HE LOVED MUSIC AT TIMES, YOU COULD HEAR HIM HUMMING SONGS TO THE VIDEOS WHILE WATCHING SOUL TRAIN RERUNS. HE LOVED Q-94 IN HIS EARLIER LIFE GROWING UP. HE ALSO HAD A LOVE FOR HAIR COMBS THAT HE USED TO COLLECT IN HIS DAYS OF GROWING UP AS WELL. HE ALSO LOVED HORSES. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED LOOKING GOOD AND SMELLING GOOD. TIM LOVED TO DRESS AND WAS ALWAYS FRESH AND CLEAN. HE LOVED GREAT FOOD AND SPORTS. HIS FAVORITE TEAM WAS THE DALLAS COWBOYS. WHENEVER THEY PLAYED HE WOULD TRY TO SAY COWBOYS, "Boys" As TIME PASSED HIS PARENTS WENT TO GLORY AND HIS SIBLINGS STEPPED UP TO MONITOR HIS CARE. BUT JUST LIKE WITH NON-DISABLED ADULTS YOU GROW INTO YOURSELF, AND TIM SEEMED TO BE DOING THE SAME. HE MADE NEW FRIENDS WHO LATER BECAME HIS ADDITIONAL FAMILY. FAMILYLIFE SERVICES IS THE NAME OF THE GROUP HOME WHERE HE LIVED. BUT, IT WAS THE FAMILY WHO CONNECTED WITH TIM THROUGH THEIR LOVE AND CARE FOR HIM. AND IN TIM"s MIND HE HAD HIS OWN FAMILY. THEY LOVED HIM LIKE THEIR OWN ALL THE WAY TO THE END. WE LOVED THEM TOO BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THE CARE AND LOVE THAT HE RECEIVED AND WAS GIVEN TO US. LESSONS LEARNED FROM TIMOTHY, WERE COMPASSION, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE. HE WILL BE MISSED.