Mystery behind the house on 56 Hoy Green Acres Circle in Laurel, Mississippi. (Revisited)

This news article will explain some brief history regarding the house on 56 Hoy Green Acres Circle in Laurel, Mississippi. A single story house located at 56 Hoy Green Acres Circle in Laurel, Mississippi which currently sits vacant and abandoned. The house is covered in graffiti tags and vandalism.


This house was built in 1976 as a single story brick house of 1,367 square feet over a slab foundation. Carpet flooring came with this house. The house was built with a total of 5 rooms including a studio bedroom according to Zillow.com. Its lot size was 9,000 square feet. Less than 0.2 acres. (Ref: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/56-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir-Laurel-MS-39443/216744627_zpid/)

This house was built as a single family home in the Hoy Green Acres neighborhood. A majority of the houses in the Hoy Green neighborhood near Laurel Housing Authority were built in the mid-1970s specifically in the year 1976. The Hoy Green Acres neighborhood was built, planned, and plotted in 1975. This house is no exception. (Ref: https://www.spokeo.com/MS/Laurel/56-Hoy-Green-Acres-Cir)

Kevin Lyons purchased the house in 1976. Him, his family members, and relatives lived in that house for nearly 3 decades. Kevin Lyons became the owner of that house and property during the same year after he had purchased it.  No known renovations were made.


When Kevin Lyons passed away in 2001, D Wintergreen took over control for property rights as part of an estate deed. D Wintergreen would take ownership of the house for a few years before putting it for auction at an estate sale. D Wintergreen owned the house and property from 2001 to 2004. Kenneth Lyons Jr purchased this house from an estate sale from one of his relatives on the date of 8/26/2004. It was that same date when Kenneth Lyons Jr took full ownership and rights to the property as part of an estate deed and trust deed.

According to a 2009 aerial map, the house had apparently burned in part of a mysterious fire that occurred from a house fire at 52 Hoy Acres Circle just 1 yard over. Exact causes for this fire are unknown. What is known is all that was left of the home next door was portions of brick walls and a slab foundation after the fire. This house was not as severely affected. (Ref: 2009 aerial map of Laurel, Mississippi on NETR Historic Aerials website)

Today the house is vacant and appears to be abandoned. The front lawn has overgrown grass that needs to be mowed. Parts of wiring for utilities seems to be missing. Some wiring has been scrapped by vandals. The electric meter has been destroyed by vandals.

The house is covered in graffiti tags and vandalism on the right side facing eastbound. One graffiti tag reads “HBG” in bright yellow letters and another graffiti tag read “HOY” with an arrow pointing to the ‘H’ on the right side of the house facing eastbound. The graffiti tag “HOY” is painted in a red color. Possibly reddish-brown.


Today Kenneth Lyons Jr and Shavonda Lyons own this house. D Wintergreen is named sole proprietor as part of the estate deed and trust deed. Shavonda Lyons and Kenneth Lyons Jr are its known residents.

The address for this home is 56 Hoy Green Acres Circle in Laurel, Mississippi, US 39443.