Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tyus, Sr., Robert Lewis February 28, 1964 ************************************************ 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: Elaine Turk Nell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004116 October 25, 2005, 10:59 pm clipping from an unknown newspaper, 1964 Mr. R. L. Tyus, Sr., Of Milner Dies Friday Mr. Robert Lewis Tyus, Sr., 82, of Route One, Milner, died early Friday morning at the Upson County Hospital in Thomaston where he had been a patient for two days. Mr. Tyus' death followed an illness of several months. A native of Pike County, he had lived near Milner most of his life. He was a member of the Milner Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Parker Tyus; five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Walker and Mrs. Lucy Wilson of Barnesville, Mrs. Bessie Bevil, Mrs. Beatrice Trice and Mrs. Juanita Tyus, all of Milner; three sons, James D. Tyus, Ernest P. Tyus and Robert L. Tyus, Jr., all of Milner; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie T. Barnes of Hampton, Mrs. Linda Ridgeway of Jackson and Mrs. Psyche Powell of Athens; 16 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Milner Baptist church. The Rev. W. L. Key and the Rev. Samuel D. Lewis officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Haisten Funeral Home was in charge of arrangments. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/obits/t/tyussr7766ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb