Sussex County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tyler, William A. Jr., 2010 

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WILLIAM ALLEN TYLER, JR. 

  William Allen Tyler, Jr., 90, of Waverly passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 
2010.  He was the youngest son of the late William A. Tyler, Sr. and Linda W. 
Tyler of Portsmouth.  Mr. Tyler was a 1936 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High 
School in Portsmouth.  After graduation he served as a store keeper and camp 
bugler with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Appomattox and later 
apprenticed as a shipfitter at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth for 
six years before being drafted into the U.S. Navy in 1944.  During this time 
he assisted with the building of the battleship U.S.S. Alabama, and the 
carrier U.S.S. Shangri-la.  Mr. Tyler received an Honorable Discharge in 1946 
and pursued interests in a forestry career at Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
in Blacksburg, graduating in 1950.  He started with the Virginia Division of 
Forestry in Sandston and later became the Assistant District Forester of the 
Waverly District, where he retired after 33 years of service.  He served the 
community as a charter member of the Waverly Rescue Squad for 34 years.  He 
was a deacon, Sunday school director, teacher, and choir member and choir 
director at Waverly Baptist Church. 

  Mr. Tyler is survived by his wife, Beverly Postles Tyler of Waverly; four 
sons, Hugh Gwynn Tyler and wife, Phyllis of Buckingham, James Stuart Tyler and 
wife, Nancy of Fairfax, Steven Braxton Tyler and wife, Mimi of Fairfax, and 
John Christopher Tyler of Waverly; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; 
former daughter-in-law, Teresa Tyler and nieces, Joyce Post, Allene Tyler, and 
Pat McKusick. 

  The family will receive friends at the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & 
Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Wakefield on Friday, August 6, 2010 
from 6 to 8 pm.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 
7, 2010 at the funeral home with Rev. Randy Hawkins officiating.  Burial will 
follow in Waverly Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be 
made to Waverly Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890, or to Waverly 
Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 576, Waverly, VA 23890.  Condolences 
may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.


William Allen TYLER, Jr., Assistant Waverly District Forester, 
Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 5 Jun 1920, Portsmouth, d. 3 Aug 2010, Petersburg, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery, 7 Aug 2010, 
J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home obit, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #128240164 

His widow's obit (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 2016) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/t460b3ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #57205352 &c.) 
   Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries, Oak Grove list: 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/oakgrove7.htm 

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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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