Sidney L. Lyons
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Corrections Employee

Sidney L. Lyons

Accident Veteran
End of Watch November 19, 1989
Age 58
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Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Employee Sidney Lyons succumbed to injuries received when he fell from some boxes which he had climbed onto while looking for prisoners at the Ramsey III Unit.

Corrections Employee Lyons was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.

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Permanent identifier
BO-US-TX-DC04C266
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Corrections Employee Lyons served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Huntsville, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 19, 1989
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Sidney L. Lyons served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corrections Employee Sidney L. Lyons is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 32 of 124 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25.8% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division
32
of 124 officers
25.8% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sidney L. Lyons's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Sidney L. Lyons Compares

Age at End of Watch
58
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Sidney L. Lyons is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location