Northampton County NcArchives Obituaries.....Tyler, Alice Stephenson 1933
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 08-18-1933, P. 8
ALICE STEPHENSON TYLER

   Mrs. Alice Tyler died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.W.H. Darden, in 
Branchville Friday night, August 10, in her 76th year.

   She was a native of Northampton County, North Carolina, and was a member of a 
prominent family. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Stephenson of 
Pendleton, N.C.  Mrs. Tyler made her home near Severn, N.C., until the death of 
her husband, James H. Tyler, when she moved to Branchville making her home with 
her daughters, Mrs. N.G. Harrell and Mrs. J.W.H. Darden.

   She was a exemplary Christian character, a devoted, loving mother, a constant 
neighbor and friend, and a loyal member of the Branchville Baptist Church. Her 
passing on Friday night was a day of sorrow not only to her immediate family but 
to the community that had so long called her friend.

   The funeral services were conducted from the home of Mrs. Darden Sunday 
afternoon by her Pastor, Rev. Frank B. Handley, assisted by Rev. Ralph L. Haga 
of the Methodist Church, interment following in Severn Cemetery. A quartette 
composed of Mrs. H.M. Purviance, Mrs. A.M. Williams, Mrs. Earl W. Bryant and 
Miss Emily Hines of Boykins, accompanied by Miss Retta Hart sang, “When We All 
Get Home,” “Meet Me There” and “O Think of the Home Over There.” Active 
pallbearers were her grandsons and nephews. Henry Thomas Harrell, Martin 
Harrell, Alvin Bridgers, John Darden, James Tyler, Pete Stephenson, Carlton 
Robbins and Aubrey Woodard. Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.

   She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.W.H. Darden and Mrs. N.G. Harrell 
of Branchville, and Mrs. R.A. Bridgers of Severn; two sons, Leon O. Tyler of 
Branchville and Eugene H. Tyler of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Woodard of 
Conway and Mrs. Edna Robbins of Raleigh; two brothers, J.H. Stephenson of 
Wheeling, W. Va., and C.T. Stephenson of Norfolk.


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