Person:Bunnie Lyon (1)

Burnie or Bernie (originally Bunny) Marion Lyon born the 27 Dec 1884. His son William thought he had had his name changed probably thinking the name Bunny "silly". Burnie was telegrapher/ticket agent on the Louisville & Nashville at the time of his marriage (see train schedule below,# 51) at Guthrie,Kentucky(named for James Guthrie Ceo of the L&N RR). He would later move to Paragould,Ark [8]. where he would work for the Missouri Pacific Railway and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway before they were bought out by the Cotton Belt Railroad in the 20`s. The telegrapher used what was called the telegraph which sent electric signals down wires to be turned back into long and short dots and dashes which were converted into letters with the Morse code before the existence of the telephone. This telegraph was used to signal to the other telegraphers on the line the arrival of the train since only one line existed for trains in both directions. His other son James Monroe Lyon who was 10 years older than his brother and therefore knew him better said that if a person was interested in the railroad, he would talk to you. If they weren't he wouldn't. His son William remembered how when the family requested the purchase of a new invention "the automobile", my grandfather said "Why would I buy a car? We can go anywhere we want on the railroad for free". Babo

Burnie worked for the L&N at the time of his marriage but moved to Paragould,Ark before 1920 where he worked for the Missouri Pacific

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
   [Includes headstone photo], last accessed Aug 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Family notes per User:Babo.