Emanuel County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tyson, Hoke S. August 2, 1959 ************************************************ 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 May 19, 2011, 9:00 pm The Swainsboro Forest-Blade 8-6-1959 Page 3 H. S. Tyson Dies Sunday Hoke S. Tyson, a retired Army Master Segeant, died Sunday Aug. 2 in the Walter Reed Army Hospital after a long illness. He was the son of the late S. J. Tyson and Elizabeth Durden Tyson, both natives of Emanuel County. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Lester Coleman and Mrs. P. D. Leonard, both of Swainsboro; two uncles, Tom Tyson of Swainsboro and Cephus Durden of Augusta; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 5pm from the chapel of Peebles- DeLoach Mortuary with Elder N. A. Roberson officiating. Interment was in the Swainsboro City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ralph Durden, Hugh Flanders, Flanders Peebles, M. G. Morris, Zazkie Lawson, and Rufus Webb. Peebles-DeLoach Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Hoke was born 16 Sep 1904. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/emanuel/obits/t/tyson2011nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb