Amaryllis Newsome Tyler, 89, wife of James Wendell Tyler, died Thursday, November 24, 2016.
Mrs. Tyler was a native of Washington, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Robert Boyce Newsome and Henrietta Combs Newsome. She attended the Brunson School, and was a graduate of both Winthrop College and The University of South Carolina.
Amaryllis touched many lives in Allendale County, and beyond, having worked with Social Services and later as an educator. A lifelong member of the Brunson United Methodist Church, she served as pianist for 53 years, Music Director, Church Historian, and also served her church faithfully on numerous other committees.
Graveside funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Brunson Cemetery with the Reverend Kenneth B. Timmerman and the Reverend Doctor James F. Norris III officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Brunson United Methodist Church prior to the service.
Survivors include her husband, James Wendell Tyler; two daughters, Jennifer Randall (Dan), Vickers Harrelson; four grandchildren, Jessica Randall, E.C. Harrelson, Robert Harrelson, and Rebecca Branden (Grant); one sister, Lillian N. Sherman; one sister-in-law, Cilla Newsome; two brothers-in-law, William B. Oswald and Davie L. Tyler, and one great-granddaughter, Mira Branden; numerous nieces and nephews; and caregivers and special friends of the family, Catherine Harris and Bobbie Lee. She was pre-deceased by brothers, Robert B. Newsome Jr., and William E. Newsome; and sisters, Evelyn H. Newsome and Anne N. Oswald.
Memorial contributions may be made to the following:
Allendale County Hospital, P.O. Box 218, Fairfax, SC 29827; Allendale County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1089, Allendale, SC 29810; Friends of Hospice, P.O. Box 909, Estill, SC 29918; and South Carolina Oncology Associates, 166 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210.
Keith Smith Funeral Service, 128 Water Street, Allendale, is in charge of arrangements.