Bibb-Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tyson, Lizzie Gus Simmons April 3, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net February 17, 2011, 11:45 am The Macon Telegraph 4-4-1972 Mrs. Lizzie Tyson, 72, Rites This Afternoon Mrs. Lizzie Tyson, 72, of 5325 Rivoli Drive, died yesterday. Services will be held today at 2pm in Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Macon Memorial Park. Mrs. Tyson was born in Round Oak and was educated in the Jones County public schools. She had lived in Macon most of her life and attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Tyson and her husband operated the W. M. Tyson store on Forsyth Road for more than 35 years. Mrs. Tyson was the daughter of the late Gus Simmons and the late Mary Lizzie Maynard Simmons. Survivors include her husband, W. M. Tyson Sr. of Macon; two sons, W. M. Tyson Jr. of Warner Robins and Julius Tyson of Macon; three daughters, Mrs. Peter J. Klepsig of Macon, Mrs. Kelley M. Towles of Macon, and Mrs. Odie McLemore of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. G. C. Andrews Sr. of Macon and Mrs. Carl Asbury of Miami, Fla.; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. The family will be at 5325 Rivoli Drive, the residence of Mr. W. M. Tyson Sr. Additional Comments: Lizzie was born 30 Jul 1899. Georgia death certificate #008391. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/obits/t/tyson1751nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb