When Owen Lyons was born on 2 September 1898, his father, George Franklin Lyons, was 46 and his mother, Alice Belle Yeck, was 37. He married Ruby Murial Hall on 17 September 1923, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Puxico, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States in 1940. He died on 14 February 1969, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States.