Lyal Laimon Lamb Jr., 80 of North Platte died on Monday Oct 3, 2016 at the Cozad Nursing Home.
Lyal was born on Nov. 19, 1935 in Eupora, Mississippi to Laimon Lyal Sr. and Claude Hubbard Lamb.
Lyal met and married Naomi Gaynelle Palmertree on April 6, 1956 in Greenwood, MS. To this union three children were born, David Lyal Lamb Sr., Gayla Sue Lamb Purdy and Melanie Carol Lamb Shannon.
Lyal served his country in the Army from 1956 to 1958 during the Korean Conflict. Serving time in Stuttgart, Germany where his son David was born.
Lyal first moved to North Platte in 2001. He moved back and forth between Greenwood, MS, Kearney, NE, and Trenton, TN after the loss of his wife then returned to North Platte in Oct 2013.
Lyal work various jobs in his early years before he settled in as being a meat cutter at various grocery stores mainly in Memphis TN, and private meat markets through his life. His last employment was with Sixth Street Grocery Stores in 1997.
Lyal is survived by a son, David Lyal Lamb of Arizona; daughters, Gayla Sue Purdy of North Platte, NE and Melanie Carol Shannon of Kearney, NE; 10 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; siblings, Brent Lamb and Debra Lamb Lindsey of Vicksburg MS.
Lyal was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Gaynelle; a grandson, Jason Purdy; siblings, Larry Lamb, Roger Holeman, Sherry Lamb Tanner, and Keith Lamb.
Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Those wishing to sign the memorial book may do so from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Cremation was chose.
Private family services will be held at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell, NE. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.