Lyerly was the successor to Melville and Glenwood, once thriving communities in the same general area as Lyerly. Angus McLeod is considered the father of Lyerly. In 1888, he donated the land for the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad Depot. The lots for the town were laid out on McLeod’s land and today the city park bears his name. The town is named for Captain Charles A. Lyerly, an influential Chattanooga banker.
Lyerly Photo Archive
Ad in Summerville News promoting buying war bonds in World War One
A lovely unknown lady, from the George Gilbert of Lyerly family collection
Announcing Lyerly School year 1897 in the Summerville News
A group of Lyerly High students, circa 1946
Buy War Bonds, Ad from Summerville News one year after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1942
Early 1900’s duties of county road overseers. People had to work on the road or pay money once a year.
