Carol J Tyler was born in Houston, Texas to Ernest H Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler (nee Register) on April, 25 1940. She passed away in Irving, Texas on June 10, 2020 from complications of viral encephalitis.
She is survived by brother Larry Tyler Longview, Texas (Dona K); brother Bruce Tyler of New Braunfels, Texas (Linda); sister Kathryn Walker of Beaumont, TX (Bruce); Nephew Steven Tyler of Austin, Tx,; nephew Josh Tyler of Longview TX; nephew Bryan Tyler of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Keira); nephew Chris Tyler of San Antonio (Lara); Nephew Tyler Walker of Flower Mound Tx (Heather); and her favorite (if only) niece Jennifer Spurgin of Irving Texas (John). She loved being with and hearing about all her great nephews and nieces: Michael from New Braunfels, Danielle in San Antonio, Caleb from New Braunfels, Kali from San Antonio, Zach, in Dallas, Madelyn in Houston, Tony, Charlie, Jack, and Annie, all from Irving, and Quinn and Aiden of Tulsa. She had many cousins and other relatives that she was always interested in hearing about. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler; brothers Raymond Tyler and Don Tyler.
Carol grew up and attended school in Logansport, LA. She was a tomboy and later a star athlete. Her basketball coach called her “Speedy play hooky”. ‘Speedy ‘because she wasn’t and ‘play hooky’ because she would. She graduated Salutatorian from Logansport High School and got a degree in biology from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA.
Carol was a retired Army Captain and was awarded a commendation medal for meritorious service. She loved spending time with family and friends. She had many talents and interests such as visiting state and national parks, birding, fishing, photography, drawing, painting, reading detective fiction, ham radio, rock collecting, playing guitar, coin collecting, hobby electronics, and basketball. She sang with perfect pitch but did not enjoy performing. She loved science and technology and usually had the newest gadgets. She read every page of the newspaper every day. Her favorite thing was traveling. She travelled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Europe, and many places in the United States, and was greatly saddened when her health prevented her from exploring more of the world. She was active in the community, especially Bethel United Methodist Church, the church in which she grew up and to which she returned at different times in her life.
After retiring from the army with a medical disability, she pursued her many hobbies, travelled, spent time with family and friends, until she began caring for her mother during her mother’s declining years. These years of being an attentive caregiver exacerbated her ailments so that she herself finally needed the care that she had given to others. This was given so lovingly and well by many helpers in the VIP Living Center, under the guidance of John and Jillian Ross. This facility was near her niece Jennifer Spurgin and Jennifer’s family. Carol was able to converse with visitors and especially looked forward to going out to eat, or to get her nails done or going to the arboretum with Jillian. Carol was an engaging conversationalist, sharp as a tack, playful, kind, and thoughtful about others, despite years of disability and pain.
An online service in memory of Carol J Tyler (US Army, CPT, ret.) can be viewed on YouTube at 3 PM, Saturday, June 20 under the auspices of Donnelly Funeral Home in Irving, TX. The link to the live stream of the memorial service will be available on the obituary page by 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. A future memorial service, with the interment of her ashes, will be held at a later date, at Bethel Methodist Church near Logansport. Rev. Frances Freeman, former pastor at Bethel and a schoolmate of Carol, will conduct this online service.
OBITUARY COPIED FROM DONNELLY'S COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, IRVING, TX
Contributor: Alkmena Blount Barger (46939381) • [email protected]
She is survived by brother Larry Tyler Longview, Texas (Dona K); brother Bruce Tyler of New Braunfels, Texas (Linda); sister Kathryn Walker of Beaumont, TX (Bruce); Nephew Steven Tyler of Austin, Tx,; nephew Josh Tyler of Longview TX; nephew Bryan Tyler of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Keira); nephew Chris Tyler of San Antonio (Lara); Nephew Tyler Walker of Flower Mound Tx (Heather); and her favorite (if only) niece Jennifer Spurgin of Irving Texas (John). She loved being with and hearing about all her great nephews and nieces: Michael from New Braunfels, Danielle in San Antonio, Caleb from New Braunfels, Kali from San Antonio, Zach, in Dallas, Madelyn in Houston, Tony, Charlie, Jack, and Annie, all from Irving, and Quinn and Aiden of Tulsa. She had many cousins and other relatives that she was always interested in hearing about. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler; brothers Raymond Tyler and Don Tyler.
Carol grew up and attended school in Logansport, LA. She was a tomboy and later a star athlete. Her basketball coach called her “Speedy play hooky”. ‘Speedy ‘because she wasn’t and ‘play hooky’ because she would. She graduated Salutatorian from Logansport High School and got a degree in biology from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA.
Carol was a retired Army Captain and was awarded a commendation medal for meritorious service. She loved spending time with family and friends. She had many talents and interests such as visiting state and national parks, birding, fishing, photography, drawing, painting, reading detective fiction, ham radio, rock collecting, playing guitar, coin collecting, hobby electronics, and basketball. She sang with perfect pitch but did not enjoy performing. She loved science and technology and usually had the newest gadgets. She read every page of the newspaper every day. Her favorite thing was traveling. She travelled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Europe, and many places in the United States, and was greatly saddened when her health prevented her from exploring more of the world. She was active in the community, especially Bethel United Methodist Church, the church in which she grew up and to which she returned at different times in her life.
After retiring from the army with a medical disability, she pursued her many hobbies, travelled, spent time with family and friends, until she began caring for her mother during her mother’s declining years. These years of being an attentive caregiver exacerbated her ailments so that she herself finally needed the care that she had given to others. This was given so lovingly and well by many helpers in the VIP Living Center, under the guidance of John and Jillian Ross. This facility was near her niece Jennifer Spurgin and Jennifer’s family. Carol was able to converse with visitors and especially looked forward to going out to eat, or to get her nails done or going to the arboretum with Jillian. Carol was an engaging conversationalist, sharp as a tack, playful, kind, and thoughtful about others, despite years of disability and pain.
An online service in memory of Carol J Tyler (US Army, CPT, ret.) can be viewed on YouTube at 3 PM, Saturday, June 20 under the auspices of Donnelly Funeral Home in Irving, TX. The link to the live stream of the memorial service will be available on the obituary page by 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. A future memorial service, with the interment of her ashes, will be held at a later date, at Bethel Methodist Church near Logansport. Rev. Frances Freeman, former pastor at Bethel and a schoolmate of Carol, will conduct this online service.
OBITUARY COPIED FROM DONNELLY'S COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, IRVING, TX
Contributor: Alkmena Blount Barger (46939381) • [email protected]
Carol J Tyler was born in Houston, Texas to Ernest H Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler (nee Register) on April, 25 1940. She passed away in Irving, Texas on June 10, 2020 from complications of viral encephalitis.
She is survived by brother Larry Tyler Longview, Texas (Dona K); brother Bruce Tyler of New Braunfels, Texas (Linda); sister Kathryn Walker of Beaumont, TX (Bruce); Nephew Steven Tyler of Austin, Tx,; nephew Josh Tyler of Longview TX; nephew Bryan Tyler of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Keira); nephew Chris Tyler of San Antonio (Lara); Nephew Tyler Walker of Flower Mound Tx (Heather); and her favorite (if only) niece Jennifer Spurgin of Irving Texas (John). She loved being with and hearing about all her great nephews and nieces: Michael from New Braunfels, Danielle in San Antonio, Caleb from New Braunfels, Kali from San Antonio, Zach, in Dallas, Madelyn in Houston, Tony, Charlie, Jack, and Annie, all from Irving, and Quinn and Aiden of Tulsa. She had many cousins and other relatives that she was always interested in hearing about. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler; brothers Raymond Tyler and Don Tyler.
Carol grew up and attended school in Logansport, LA. She was a tomboy and later a star athlete. Her basketball coach called her “Speedy play hooky”. ‘Speedy ‘because she wasn’t and ‘play hooky’ because she would. She graduated Salutatorian from Logansport High School and got a degree in biology from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA.
Carol was a retired Army Captain and was awarded a commendation medal for meritorious service. She loved spending time with family and friends. She had many talents and interests such as visiting state and national parks, birding, fishing, photography, drawing, painting, reading detective fiction, ham radio, rock collecting, playing guitar, coin collecting, hobby electronics, and basketball. She sang with perfect pitch but did not enjoy performing. She loved science and technology and usually had the newest gadgets. She read every page of the newspaper every day. Her favorite thing was traveling. She travelled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Europe, and many places in the United States, and was greatly saddened when her health prevented her from exploring more of the world. She was active in the community, especially Bethel United Methodist Church, the church in which she grew up and to which she returned at different times in her life.
After retiring from the army with a medical disability, she pursued her many hobbies, travelled, spent time with family and friends, until she began caring for her mother during her mother’s declining years. These years of being an attentive caregiver exacerbated her ailments so that she herself finally needed the care that she had given to others. This was given so lovingly and well by many helpers in the VIP Living Center, under the guidance of John and Jillian Ross. This facility was near her niece Jennifer Spurgin and Jennifer’s family. Carol was able to converse with visitors and especially looked forward to going out to eat, or to get her nails done or going to the arboretum with Jillian. Carol was an engaging conversationalist, sharp as a tack, playful, kind, and thoughtful about others, despite years of disability and pain.
An online service in memory of Carol J Tyler (US Army, CPT, ret.) can be viewed on YouTube at 3 PM, Saturday, June 20 under the auspices of Donnelly Funeral Home in Irving, TX. The link to the live stream of the memorial service will be available on the obituary page by 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. A future memorial service, with the interment of her ashes, will be held at a later date, at Bethel Methodist Church near Logansport. Rev. Frances Freeman, former pastor at Bethel and a schoolmate of Carol, will conduct this online service.
OBITUARY COPIED FROM DONNELLY'S COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, IRVING, TX
Contributor: Alkmena Blount Barger (46939381) • [email protected]
She is survived by brother Larry Tyler Longview, Texas (Dona K); brother Bruce Tyler of New Braunfels, Texas (Linda); sister Kathryn Walker of Beaumont, TX (Bruce); Nephew Steven Tyler of Austin, Tx,; nephew Josh Tyler of Longview TX; nephew Bryan Tyler of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Keira); nephew Chris Tyler of San Antonio (Lara); Nephew Tyler Walker of Flower Mound Tx (Heather); and her favorite (if only) niece Jennifer Spurgin of Irving Texas (John). She loved being with and hearing about all her great nephews and nieces: Michael from New Braunfels, Danielle in San Antonio, Caleb from New Braunfels, Kali from San Antonio, Zach, in Dallas, Madelyn in Houston, Tony, Charlie, Jack, and Annie, all from Irving, and Quinn and Aiden of Tulsa. She had many cousins and other relatives that she was always interested in hearing about. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Tyler and Johnnie Maude Tyler; brothers Raymond Tyler and Don Tyler.
Carol grew up and attended school in Logansport, LA. She was a tomboy and later a star athlete. Her basketball coach called her “Speedy play hooky”. ‘Speedy ‘because she wasn’t and ‘play hooky’ because she would. She graduated Salutatorian from Logansport High School and got a degree in biology from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA.
Carol was a retired Army Captain and was awarded a commendation medal for meritorious service. She loved spending time with family and friends. She had many talents and interests such as visiting state and national parks, birding, fishing, photography, drawing, painting, reading detective fiction, ham radio, rock collecting, playing guitar, coin collecting, hobby electronics, and basketball. She sang with perfect pitch but did not enjoy performing. She loved science and technology and usually had the newest gadgets. She read every page of the newspaper every day. Her favorite thing was traveling. She travelled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Europe, and many places in the United States, and was greatly saddened when her health prevented her from exploring more of the world. She was active in the community, especially Bethel United Methodist Church, the church in which she grew up and to which she returned at different times in her life.
After retiring from the army with a medical disability, she pursued her many hobbies, travelled, spent time with family and friends, until she began caring for her mother during her mother’s declining years. These years of being an attentive caregiver exacerbated her ailments so that she herself finally needed the care that she had given to others. This was given so lovingly and well by many helpers in the VIP Living Center, under the guidance of John and Jillian Ross. This facility was near her niece Jennifer Spurgin and Jennifer’s family. Carol was able to converse with visitors and especially looked forward to going out to eat, or to get her nails done or going to the arboretum with Jillian. Carol was an engaging conversationalist, sharp as a tack, playful, kind, and thoughtful about others, despite years of disability and pain.
An online service in memory of Carol J Tyler (US Army, CPT, ret.) can be viewed on YouTube at 3 PM, Saturday, June 20 under the auspices of Donnelly Funeral Home in Irving, TX. The link to the live stream of the memorial service will be available on the obituary page by 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. A future memorial service, with the interment of her ashes, will be held at a later date, at Bethel Methodist Church near Logansport. Rev. Frances Freeman, former pastor at Bethel and a schoolmate of Carol, will conduct this online service.
OBITUARY COPIED FROM DONNELLY'S COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, IRVING, TX
Contributor: Alkmena Blount Barger (46939381) • [email protected]
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