TOMMIE ALLEN TYRE 1922 - 1993
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Thomas Allen Tyre b. 1922, Suwannee Co., FL; d. 1993, VA Hospital, Tampa, FL. Bur. Madison, FL. Named for his Uncle Thomas Allen Tyre. Tommie Tyre was a WWII veteran, having made the landings at Normandy, France in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 with the US Army 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Infantry Division, along with the untested 29th Infantry Division and nine companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were responsible for establishing a beachhead in this sector.
The Rangers were tasked with scaling the cliffs at Pont du Hoc. They accomplished this mission at tremendous cost. The phrase "Rangers Lead the Way" came from this action, and is still used today among Rangers.
See "Saving Private Ryan" for a fairly realistic portrayal of combat conditions in this area of operations. The film depicted a Ranger company assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
The LST landing craft carrying Tommie's platoon could not reach the beach because of obstacles. The men were forced to dismount in water that was over their heads. Many dropped packs and rifles. Tommie stated that he grabbed a dead body and floated to shore using it as a life raft. Tommie was critically wounded trying to save two of his platoon mates. His right leg was traumatically amputated on the beach at Normandy. His parents got a Western Union telegram that he was "slightly wounded."
Tommie mar. Ruby Edith Walker, 1956, Madison Co., FL. Two sons. Divorced 1975, Madison Co. FL. Despite having his right leg amputated above the knee, Tommie Tyre ran a successful house painting company for over 40 years. He knew every good fishing hole on the Suwannee River.
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Major & Mary (Cannon) Tyre were the great, great, great grandparents of Tommie Allen Tyre of Madison, FL. The deposition below demonstrates the dangers that our frontier ancestors endured to create the civilization that we now enjoy. One generation plants the seed, future generations rest in the shade of the tree.
"State of Georgia
Camden County
Sept., 1810
Personally appeared Mary Tyre, wife of Major Tyre, a resident of the County of Camden & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn saith that, on the sixth day of September instant, seven Indians came to the house of her husband, while her husband was out on a hunting party. Six of them were armed with guns & one with a bow and arrows. Three of the Indians were painted red & black, that the Indians entered her house and forcibly took eighteen yards of spun cloth, four new shirts, three pair of pantaloons, one new sheet and several other articles. That she, the deponent, seated herself on a chest containing the most valuable articles of wearing apparel, that the Indians pulled her up from the chest and opened it, took out several articles, the deponent shut the chest again, and seated herself as before and was instantly pulled away again, the chest opened, and all it contained was taken out, that the deponent endeavored to arrest from the Indians several of the most valuable articles but was unable to get any of them back. That the Indians caught holt of the deponent, and she verily believes that they intended and actually did make several attempts to scalp her but for her own exertions, and the interference of an Old Indian who was one of the number, they were prevented effecting their intented object, in part, but that one of the Indians with a small jack knife did cut a large bunch of hair from the top of deponent's head very near to the skin, that she then got from them and ran about two hundred yards from the house to a pond and concealed herself in the pond which was grown up thick, and at that time had considerable water in it, that she did not see the Indians pursue her. Deponent further stated that the Indians remained at the house until they packed up the articles they had taken, and collected every article about the house, that she saw them leave the house, and after they were out of sight, this deponent returned to her house to find it ransacked and stripped of almost every valuable article. That these Indians did not leave a single shifting of clothes for one of the family, that she, the deponent, is unable to enumerate all of the articles of every nature but that among them was her husbands pocket book left in her keeping while he hunted, contained all of his papers and notes of value & three dollars, eighty seven & a half cents cash. That the Indians took and carried away all the wearing apparel of Smith Cannon, and Henry Nicoll, who then resided with the deponent's husband. That she, the deponent, is certain, that the articles taken from herself & husband, exclusive of the pocket book and notes, was worth at the lowest calculation, sixty seven dollars.
Mary (her mark) Tyre
Sworn to before me at Jefferson this eleventh day of September, 1810,
Isaac Crews, C.S.C.C.C.
Affidavits respecting Indian deprivations, committed on the 6th, rendered on the 11th and received by me on the 15th and acted on immediately.
John Floyd
Commander
Georgia Militia"
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The Indian deprivation above was referenced by the Governor of Georgia in his address to the State Legislature at Millegeville, November, 1810:
From Savannah Republican x17 Nov 1810 p. c.2:
"With our Indian neighbors, the usual friendly intercourse and good will has been maintained; except, indeed, some excesses which were committed on the frontiers of Camden County by some Indians of the Seminole Tribe, who plundered the house of one Major Tyre, on or about the sixth of September last. On receiving information of this fact, I immediately gave orders to have it ascertained, if possible, to what town the plunderers belonged, and, in the mean time, communicated the case to Colonel Hawkins, accompanied with a requisition that he would have the offenders punished and cause restitution to be made to the citizens injured."
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Note: Tommie Tyre and Edith Walker married in Madison Co., FL in 1957, divorced in 1975.
Edith W. Tyre, age 78, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Beggs Funeral Home with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2-3 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home. She was born on July 25, 1932 in Ray City, Georgia to Norman and Bertie Walker. She lived in Madison before moving to Jasper. She worked as a bookkeeper most of her life and was a member of Madison Church of God. She is survived by one son, Edwin Tyre of Jasper; one brother, Robert Walker (Robbie); one sister, Elizabeth Haraz, both of Pinetta; and one grandson, Allan Tyre. She was preceded in death by her parents. Norman and Birtie Walker; two husbands, Tommy and Jess Tyre; a son; Mike Tyre: two sisters; and two brothers.
(Courtesy of Greene Publishing, Madison, Florida Jan 11th, 2011)
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Rangers Lead The Way.
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Thomas Allen Tyre b. 1922, Suwannee Co., FL; d. 1993, VA Hospital, Tampa, FL. Bur. Madison, FL. Named for his Uncle Thomas Allen Tyre. Tommie Tyre was a WWII veteran, having made the landings at Normandy, France in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 with the US Army 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Infantry Division, along with the untested 29th Infantry Division and nine companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were responsible for establishing a beachhead in this sector.
The Rangers were tasked with scaling the cliffs at Pont du Hoc. They accomplished this mission at tremendous cost. The phrase "Rangers Lead the Way" came from this action, and is still used today among Rangers.
See "Saving Private Ryan" for a fairly realistic portrayal of combat conditions in this area of operations. The film depicted a Ranger company assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
The LST landing craft carrying Tommie's platoon could not reach the beach because of obstacles. The men were forced to dismount in water that was over their heads. Many dropped packs and rifles. Tommie stated that he grabbed a dead body and floated to shore using it as a life raft. Tommie was critically wounded trying to save two of his platoon mates. His right leg was traumatically amputated on the beach at Normandy. His parents got a Western Union telegram that he was "slightly wounded."
Tommie mar. Ruby Edith Walker, 1956, Madison Co., FL. Two sons. Divorced 1975, Madison Co. FL. Despite having his right leg amputated above the knee, Tommie Tyre ran a successful house painting company for over 40 years. He knew every good fishing hole on the Suwannee River.
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Major & Mary (Cannon) Tyre were the great, great, great grandparents of Tommie Allen Tyre of Madison, FL. The deposition below demonstrates the dangers that our frontier ancestors endured to create the civilization that we now enjoy. One generation plants the seed, future generations rest in the shade of the tree.
"State of Georgia
Camden County
Sept., 1810
Personally appeared Mary Tyre, wife of Major Tyre, a resident of the County of Camden & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn saith that, on the sixth day of September instant, seven Indians came to the house of her husband, while her husband was out on a hunting party. Six of them were armed with guns & one with a bow and arrows. Three of the Indians were painted red & black, that the Indians entered her house and forcibly took eighteen yards of spun cloth, four new shirts, three pair of pantaloons, one new sheet and several other articles. That she, the deponent, seated herself on a chest containing the most valuable articles of wearing apparel, that the Indians pulled her up from the chest and opened it, took out several articles, the deponent shut the chest again, and seated herself as before and was instantly pulled away again, the chest opened, and all it contained was taken out, that the deponent endeavored to arrest from the Indians several of the most valuable articles but was unable to get any of them back. That the Indians caught holt of the deponent, and she verily believes that they intended and actually did make several attempts to scalp her but for her own exertions, and the interference of an Old Indian who was one of the number, they were prevented effecting their intented object, in part, but that one of the Indians with a small jack knife did cut a large bunch of hair from the top of deponent's head very near to the skin, that she then got from them and ran about two hundred yards from the house to a pond and concealed herself in the pond which was grown up thick, and at that time had considerable water in it, that she did not see the Indians pursue her. Deponent further stated that the Indians remained at the house until they packed up the articles they had taken, and collected every article about the house, that she saw them leave the house, and after they were out of sight, this deponent returned to her house to find it ransacked and stripped of almost every valuable article. That these Indians did not leave a single shifting of clothes for one of the family, that she, the deponent, is unable to enumerate all of the articles of every nature but that among them was her husbands pocket book left in her keeping while he hunted, contained all of his papers and notes of value & three dollars, eighty seven & a half cents cash. That the Indians took and carried away all the wearing apparel of Smith Cannon, and Henry Nicoll, who then resided with the deponent's husband. That she, the deponent, is certain, that the articles taken from herself & husband, exclusive of the pocket book and notes, was worth at the lowest calculation, sixty seven dollars.
Mary (her mark) Tyre
Sworn to before me at Jefferson this eleventh day of September, 1810,
Isaac Crews, C.S.C.C.C.
Affidavits respecting Indian deprivations, committed on the 6th, rendered on the 11th and received by me on the 15th and acted on immediately.
John Floyd
Commander
Georgia Militia"
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The Indian deprivation above was referenced by the Governor of Georgia in his address to the State Legislature at Millegeville, November, 1810:
From Savannah Republican x17 Nov 1810 p. c.2:
"With our Indian neighbors, the usual friendly intercourse and good will has been maintained; except, indeed, some excesses which were committed on the frontiers of Camden County by some Indians of the Seminole Tribe, who plundered the house of one Major Tyre, on or about the sixth of September last. On receiving information of this fact, I immediately gave orders to have it ascertained, if possible, to what town the plunderers belonged, and, in the mean time, communicated the case to Colonel Hawkins, accompanied with a requisition that he would have the offenders punished and cause restitution to be made to the citizens injured."
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Note: Tommie Tyre and Edith Walker married in Madison Co., FL in 1957, divorced in 1975.
Edith W. Tyre, age 78, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Beggs Funeral Home with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2-3 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home. She was born on July 25, 1932 in Ray City, Georgia to Norman and Bertie Walker. She lived in Madison before moving to Jasper. She worked as a bookkeeper most of her life and was a member of Madison Church of God. She is survived by one son, Edwin Tyre of Jasper; one brother, Robert Walker (Robbie); one sister, Elizabeth Haraz, both of Pinetta; and one grandson, Allan Tyre. She was preceded in death by her parents. Norman and Birtie Walker; two husbands, Tommy and Jess Tyre; a son; Mike Tyre: two sisters; and two brothers.
(Courtesy of Greene Publishing, Madison, Florida Jan 11th, 2011)
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Rangers Lead The Way.
TOMMIE ALLEN TYRE 1922 - 1993
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Thomas Allen Tyre b. 1922, Suwannee Co., FL; d. 1993, VA Hospital, Tampa, FL. Bur. Madison, FL. Named for his Uncle Thomas Allen Tyre. Tommie Tyre was a WWII veteran, having made the landings at Normandy, France in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 with the US Army 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Infantry Division, along with the untested 29th Infantry Division and nine companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were responsible for establishing a beachhead in this sector.
The Rangers were tasked with scaling the cliffs at Pont du Hoc. They accomplished this mission at tremendous cost. The phrase "Rangers Lead the Way" came from this action, and is still used today among Rangers.
See "Saving Private Ryan" for a fairly realistic portrayal of combat conditions in this area of operations. The film depicted a Ranger company assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
The LST landing craft carrying Tommie's platoon could not reach the beach because of obstacles. The men were forced to dismount in water that was over their heads. Many dropped packs and rifles. Tommie stated that he grabbed a dead body and floated to shore using it as a life raft. Tommie was critically wounded trying to save two of his platoon mates. His right leg was traumatically amputated on the beach at Normandy. His parents got a Western Union telegram that he was "slightly wounded."
Tommie mar. Ruby Edith Walker, 1956, Madison Co., FL. Two sons. Divorced 1975, Madison Co. FL. Despite having his right leg amputated above the knee, Tommie Tyre ran a successful house painting company for over 40 years. He knew every good fishing hole on the Suwannee River.
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Major & Mary (Cannon) Tyre were the great, great, great grandparents of Tommie Allen Tyre of Madison, FL. The deposition below demonstrates the dangers that our frontier ancestors endured to create the civilization that we now enjoy. One generation plants the seed, future generations rest in the shade of the tree.
"State of Georgia
Camden County
Sept., 1810
Personally appeared Mary Tyre, wife of Major Tyre, a resident of the County of Camden & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn saith that, on the sixth day of September instant, seven Indians came to the house of her husband, while her husband was out on a hunting party. Six of them were armed with guns & one with a bow and arrows. Three of the Indians were painted red & black, that the Indians entered her house and forcibly took eighteen yards of spun cloth, four new shirts, three pair of pantaloons, one new sheet and several other articles. That she, the deponent, seated herself on a chest containing the most valuable articles of wearing apparel, that the Indians pulled her up from the chest and opened it, took out several articles, the deponent shut the chest again, and seated herself as before and was instantly pulled away again, the chest opened, and all it contained was taken out, that the deponent endeavored to arrest from the Indians several of the most valuable articles but was unable to get any of them back. That the Indians caught holt of the deponent, and she verily believes that they intended and actually did make several attempts to scalp her but for her own exertions, and the interference of an Old Indian who was one of the number, they were prevented effecting their intented object, in part, but that one of the Indians with a small jack knife did cut a large bunch of hair from the top of deponent's head very near to the skin, that she then got from them and ran about two hundred yards from the house to a pond and concealed herself in the pond which was grown up thick, and at that time had considerable water in it, that she did not see the Indians pursue her. Deponent further stated that the Indians remained at the house until they packed up the articles they had taken, and collected every article about the house, that she saw them leave the house, and after they were out of sight, this deponent returned to her house to find it ransacked and stripped of almost every valuable article. That these Indians did not leave a single shifting of clothes for one of the family, that she, the deponent, is unable to enumerate all of the articles of every nature but that among them was her husbands pocket book left in her keeping while he hunted, contained all of his papers and notes of value & three dollars, eighty seven & a half cents cash. That the Indians took and carried away all the wearing apparel of Smith Cannon, and Henry Nicoll, who then resided with the deponent's husband. That she, the deponent, is certain, that the articles taken from herself & husband, exclusive of the pocket book and notes, was worth at the lowest calculation, sixty seven dollars.
Mary (her mark) Tyre
Sworn to before me at Jefferson this eleventh day of September, 1810,
Isaac Crews, C.S.C.C.C.
Affidavits respecting Indian deprivations, committed on the 6th, rendered on the 11th and received by me on the 15th and acted on immediately.
John Floyd
Commander
Georgia Militia"
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The Indian deprivation above was referenced by the Governor of Georgia in his address to the State Legislature at Millegeville, November, 1810:
From Savannah Republican x17 Nov 1810 p. c.2:
"With our Indian neighbors, the usual friendly intercourse and good will has been maintained; except, indeed, some excesses which were committed on the frontiers of Camden County by some Indians of the Seminole Tribe, who plundered the house of one Major Tyre, on or about the sixth of September last. On receiving information of this fact, I immediately gave orders to have it ascertained, if possible, to what town the plunderers belonged, and, in the mean time, communicated the case to Colonel Hawkins, accompanied with a requisition that he would have the offenders punished and cause restitution to be made to the citizens injured."
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Note: Tommie Tyre and Edith Walker married in Madison Co., FL in 1957, divorced in 1975.
Edith W. Tyre, age 78, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Beggs Funeral Home with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2-3 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home. She was born on July 25, 1932 in Ray City, Georgia to Norman and Bertie Walker. She lived in Madison before moving to Jasper. She worked as a bookkeeper most of her life and was a member of Madison Church of God. She is survived by one son, Edwin Tyre of Jasper; one brother, Robert Walker (Robbie); one sister, Elizabeth Haraz, both of Pinetta; and one grandson, Allan Tyre. She was preceded in death by her parents. Norman and Birtie Walker; two husbands, Tommy and Jess Tyre; a son; Mike Tyre: two sisters; and two brothers.
(Courtesy of Greene Publishing, Madison, Florida Jan 11th, 2011)
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Rangers Lead The Way.
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Thomas Allen Tyre b. 1922, Suwannee Co., FL; d. 1993, VA Hospital, Tampa, FL. Bur. Madison, FL. Named for his Uncle Thomas Allen Tyre. Tommie Tyre was a WWII veteran, having made the landings at Normandy, France in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 with the US Army 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Infantry Division, along with the untested 29th Infantry Division and nine companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were responsible for establishing a beachhead in this sector.
The Rangers were tasked with scaling the cliffs at Pont du Hoc. They accomplished this mission at tremendous cost. The phrase "Rangers Lead the Way" came from this action, and is still used today among Rangers.
See "Saving Private Ryan" for a fairly realistic portrayal of combat conditions in this area of operations. The film depicted a Ranger company assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
The LST landing craft carrying Tommie's platoon could not reach the beach because of obstacles. The men were forced to dismount in water that was over their heads. Many dropped packs and rifles. Tommie stated that he grabbed a dead body and floated to shore using it as a life raft. Tommie was critically wounded trying to save two of his platoon mates. His right leg was traumatically amputated on the beach at Normandy. His parents got a Western Union telegram that he was "slightly wounded."
Tommie mar. Ruby Edith Walker, 1956, Madison Co., FL. Two sons. Divorced 1975, Madison Co. FL. Despite having his right leg amputated above the knee, Tommie Tyre ran a successful house painting company for over 40 years. He knew every good fishing hole on the Suwannee River.
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Major & Mary (Cannon) Tyre were the great, great, great grandparents of Tommie Allen Tyre of Madison, FL. The deposition below demonstrates the dangers that our frontier ancestors endured to create the civilization that we now enjoy. One generation plants the seed, future generations rest in the shade of the tree.
"State of Georgia
Camden County
Sept., 1810
Personally appeared Mary Tyre, wife of Major Tyre, a resident of the County of Camden & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn saith that, on the sixth day of September instant, seven Indians came to the house of her husband, while her husband was out on a hunting party. Six of them were armed with guns & one with a bow and arrows. Three of the Indians were painted red & black, that the Indians entered her house and forcibly took eighteen yards of spun cloth, four new shirts, three pair of pantaloons, one new sheet and several other articles. That she, the deponent, seated herself on a chest containing the most valuable articles of wearing apparel, that the Indians pulled her up from the chest and opened it, took out several articles, the deponent shut the chest again, and seated herself as before and was instantly pulled away again, the chest opened, and all it contained was taken out, that the deponent endeavored to arrest from the Indians several of the most valuable articles but was unable to get any of them back. That the Indians caught holt of the deponent, and she verily believes that they intended and actually did make several attempts to scalp her but for her own exertions, and the interference of an Old Indian who was one of the number, they were prevented effecting their intented object, in part, but that one of the Indians with a small jack knife did cut a large bunch of hair from the top of deponent's head very near to the skin, that she then got from them and ran about two hundred yards from the house to a pond and concealed herself in the pond which was grown up thick, and at that time had considerable water in it, that she did not see the Indians pursue her. Deponent further stated that the Indians remained at the house until they packed up the articles they had taken, and collected every article about the house, that she saw them leave the house, and after they were out of sight, this deponent returned to her house to find it ransacked and stripped of almost every valuable article. That these Indians did not leave a single shifting of clothes for one of the family, that she, the deponent, is unable to enumerate all of the articles of every nature but that among them was her husbands pocket book left in her keeping while he hunted, contained all of his papers and notes of value & three dollars, eighty seven & a half cents cash. That the Indians took and carried away all the wearing apparel of Smith Cannon, and Henry Nicoll, who then resided with the deponent's husband. That she, the deponent, is certain, that the articles taken from herself & husband, exclusive of the pocket book and notes, was worth at the lowest calculation, sixty seven dollars.
Mary (her mark) Tyre
Sworn to before me at Jefferson this eleventh day of September, 1810,
Isaac Crews, C.S.C.C.C.
Affidavits respecting Indian deprivations, committed on the 6th, rendered on the 11th and received by me on the 15th and acted on immediately.
John Floyd
Commander
Georgia Militia"
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The Indian deprivation above was referenced by the Governor of Georgia in his address to the State Legislature at Millegeville, November, 1810:
From Savannah Republican x17 Nov 1810 p. c.2:
"With our Indian neighbors, the usual friendly intercourse and good will has been maintained; except, indeed, some excesses which were committed on the frontiers of Camden County by some Indians of the Seminole Tribe, who plundered the house of one Major Tyre, on or about the sixth of September last. On receiving information of this fact, I immediately gave orders to have it ascertained, if possible, to what town the plunderers belonged, and, in the mean time, communicated the case to Colonel Hawkins, accompanied with a requisition that he would have the offenders punished and cause restitution to be made to the citizens injured."
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Note: Tommie Tyre and Edith Walker married in Madison Co., FL in 1957, divorced in 1975.
Edith W. Tyre, age 78, died Sunday, January 9, 2011, in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Beggs Funeral Home with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2-3 p.m. at Beggs Funeral Home. She was born on July 25, 1932 in Ray City, Georgia to Norman and Bertie Walker. She lived in Madison before moving to Jasper. She worked as a bookkeeper most of her life and was a member of Madison Church of God. She is survived by one son, Edwin Tyre of Jasper; one brother, Robert Walker (Robbie); one sister, Elizabeth Haraz, both of Pinetta; and one grandson, Allan Tyre. She was preceded in death by her parents. Norman and Birtie Walker; two husbands, Tommy and Jess Tyre; a son; Mike Tyre: two sisters; and two brothers.
(Courtesy of Greene Publishing, Madison, Florida Jan 11th, 2011)
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