Honors and Legacy
- Late in his life, Lyons received the "Humanitarian of the Year" award at the Abbeville Dairy Festival, his original hometown.
- In 1953, the Community Chest of Shreveport presented Lyons with the Medalion Award for Distinguished Community Service.
- In 1959, the Optimist Club honored Lyons as "Mr. Shreveport."
- The Charlton Lyons papers (covering 1942-1973) are held at the archives of Louisiana State University. Long interested in Louisiana history, Lyons was a member of the North Louisiana Historical Association.
- He established the Marjorie Lyons Theater at Centenary College in Shreveport in memory of his wife and her theater interests.
- On January 30, 2010, Lyons, along with former Republican state chairman William "Billy" Nungesser, was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, where he practiced law as a young man.
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