Clisteen Tyson Luke, 77, of Tifton died Monday, December 5, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Mike Hobbs and Dr. Langston Cleveland will officiate with a eulogy to be given by Bennie Tyson. Burial will follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Danny Spikes, Bobby Babbitt, Rick Hawkins, Jody Tyson, P. J. Flores and Milton Parrish will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Carol and Bill Sweeney, Inez and Langston Cleveland, Shirley and Lowell Rice, Patty Hall, Latrelle Parrish, Sonya Sumner, Myrtha and Eddie Reyes, William Arnold and Jo-Ann Clark. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Luke was born on June 15, 1934 in Atkinson County and was the daughter of Noah Tyson and Agnes O’Neal Tyson, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Luke; one brother; and two sisters. She was retired from Tift Regional Medical Center and was a member of New Covenant Church.
Mrs. Luke is survived by one son, Darrell Luke of Tifton; one daughter, Lisa McFall of Marietta; three brothers, Buddy Tyson of Macon, Billy Tyson of Nashville and Bennie Tyson of Macon; two sisters, Juanita Spikes of Pearson and Sue Wiggins of Tifton; two grandchildren, Daniel Luke and Meghan McFall; and one great-grandson, Linus Luke.