VANCE UPTON TYSON SR.
Died Feb. 23, 2014
FAYETTEVILLE -- Mr. Vance Upton Tyson Sr., 95, Fayetteville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.
He was a prominent farmer in Gray's Creek community.
Mr. Tyson was an active member of Sherwood Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon, elder, clerk of the session and a Sunday school teacher.
He served on the board for Gray's Creek Volunteer Fire Department, and was a former member of Gray's Creek Ruritan Club.
Mr. Tyson was preceded in death by his parents, H.G. and Tommie Tyson; brothers, Henry M. Tyson and George S. Tyson; and sisters, Elon Bollinger and Eula Tyson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at 3 p.m. in Jernigan-Warren chapel, with the Rev. Archie Barringer and the Rev. Chip Grammer officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery in Gray's Creek.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home an hour prior to the service.
Mr. Tyson is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Helen Pittman Tyson of the home; son, Vance Upton Tyson Jr. and wife, Rebecca, of Fayetteville; daughter, Patsy Tyson White and husband, Thomas Ray, of Fayetteville; sisters, Frances Curle of Fayetteville and Joyce Slaydon and husband, Sammy Ray, of San Antonio, Texas; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Flowers are welcome or memorials in his memory may be made to Sherwood Presbyterian Church, 4857 N.C. 87 South, Fayetteville, N.C., 28306.
Services are entrusted to Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home of Fayetteville, N.C.
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Published in Obituaries on February 25, 2014 1:48 PM