ERNEST TYLER, JR. Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 16 Feb 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ February 15. 2005 2:18PM Ernest Tyler Jr. [Photo] Ernest "Pike" Tyler Jr., 69, a native of Gibson and resident of Napoleonville, died Feb. 10, 2005. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Morning Star Baptist Church in Labadieville. A religious service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial at the church cemetey. He is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Jamison Tyler of Napoleonville; children, Ernest III, Warren, Marcus Ane Emmette Tyler, Patricia Murphy, Bernadine Barnes, Bernadette Ross, Jacqueline Rainey and Sheila Williams; sisters, Leola Adams, Louise Hamilton, Celestine Batiste and Betty Jean Washington; mother-in-law, Elouise Johnson; aunt, Martha Joseph; great uncle, Herbert Singleton; and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Selietha B. Tyler; parents, Beatrice and Ernest Tyler Sr.; sister, Beatrice Johnson; brother, Henry Tyler; and father-in-law, Joseph Jamison Jr. Williams and Southall Funeral Home of Napoleonville is in charge of arrangements.