Clydie Hattaway Tyler, 86, of Ocilla, Georgia died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday, March 24, 2005 at the Ocilla Baptist Church, with Rev. Gerald Thomas and Rev. Jesse Alligood officiating. Interment will follow in Ocilla Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 9:00, Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Tyler was born September 20, 1918, in Davisboro, Georgia, to the late Clyde Hilton and Emily Adams Hattaway. She was a homemaker and former bookkeeper for her husband at Farmer Milling Company. Mrs. Tyler was a member of Ocilla Baptist Church, the Martha Sunday School Class and was active on the Bereavement Committee at the church.
Mrs. Tyler is survived by a daughter: Emily Tyler McBride of Virginia Beach, VA; a son: Walter E. Tyler, II of Ocilla; four grandchildren: Marion Tyler Clark of Atlanta, Anna Tyler Edgar of Moultrie, GA, Walter E. “Bucky” Tyler, III of Ocilla and Holly Marie Fletcher of Atlanta; three great-grandchildren: Ty Edgar and Mary Grace Edgar, both of Moultrie and Lauren Tyler of Ocilla. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion Tyler and a grandson, Trey Clark.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Ocilla Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 101, Ocilla, GA 31774