Tyler, Mo.--Funeral services were held here Friday afternoon for Freddie Forsythe, 30, who died Wednesday morning at the Blytheville Hospital. The services were held at the Tyler Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Patterson, and intermant was in Mt. Zion cemetery. Mr. Forsythe, a WPA worker, had lived in the Tyler community for a number of years and was well known all over the south end of Pemiscot county.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Luna Mae Wilson Forsythe, he is survived by one daughter, Freddie Mae, age 12, and two sons, Charles Lynn, 5, and H.F., 4; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forsythe, all of Tyler.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, March 22, 1940

Fred Forsthe of Tyler, one of the men shot by Ray Little early Sunday morning following an altercation at a home Saturday night, died about 3 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning in a Blytheville hospital.
Forsythe, 30 years old, was wounded in the chest and hand and was taken to the hospital shortly after the shooting and his condition reported not critical at that time.
Ellis Foster, the other man shot by Little, died early Sunday morning.
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Forsythe is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forsythe, Sr., his widow, Luna Mae Forsythe, three children and one brother and one sister. The children surviving are Freddie Mae, 12 years old, Charles Lynn, 5, and H.F., 4. The brothers is Hanford Forsythe and the sister, Mrs. Willie A. Hundhausen, both of the Tyler vicinity.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Patterson of near Portageville at the Baptist church in Tyler at two o'clock this afternoon (Friday). Interment will be at Upper Cooter cemetery.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, March 15, 1940