Chief MSGT. George F. Lanyon (Ret)

September 16, 1940 - December 28, 2019

Chief MSGT. George F. Lanyon age 79, passed away Saturday, December 28th 2019 after a long battle of Lewy Body Dementia. George is survived by his wife, Marie of 56 years and his three children: Jeff, Angela and Cindy and 7 grandchildren: Alex, Mason, Madelyn, Ethan, Julia, Samantha and Joseph. Chief MSGT. George F. Lanyon was a 33 year Veteran of the United States Air Force. During his career, he saw four wars, he fought every day for his troops and their well being and loved serving his country. He was a humble, simple man with a dry sense of humor that caught everybody off guard. He was a faithful, loving husband who adored is wife, had great pride in his children and loved to make his grandchildren laugh. George loved all of the four legged creatures and was known to throw scraps of food into the woods to feed the deer, raccoons etc. In lieu of sending flowers please donate to the Folds of Honor https://foldsofhonr.org and Mission K-9 Rescue https://missionk9rescue.org/. Funeral will be held on Friday, January 10th at 11 am at St. Andrew Church in Apex, NC, followed with Military Honors, Columbarium Inurnment and Reception in Fellowship Hall.