Donald Tyson

Funeral services for Mr. Donald Eugene Tyson, age 64, will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel with interment to follow at Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Thurmon Foskey will officiate. Mr. Tyson was born October 27, 1952 in Mims, Florida; he was preceded in death by his parents, the late John W. Tyson Sr. and Fannie Mae Bush Tyson, five brothers, Arthur Tyson, Wilmer "Ped" Tyson, Johnny Tyson, Charles Lee Tyson, Cecil Tyson, four sisters, Catherine T. Rawls, Julia Bell T. Weaver, Dora Mae T. Melton and Patsy Ann T. Burgess and one grandchild, Jayden Tyson. He was retired from Howard Shepard Trucking Company where he was known as "BugEyes and from Robert Lewis Construction. His hobbies included all things Nascar and drag racing. Mr. Tyson passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Dublinaire Health and Rehabilitation. He is survived by his children, Eugene "Lil" Donald Tyson, Donald Eugene Tyson, Jr., Crystal (Kendall) Johnson, Regina (Lee-Lee) Reed and Tonya Tyson all of East Dublin, a brother, John Wesley "Junior" Tyson of Dublin, two sisters, Betty Jean T Durden of East Dublin and Theresa Lee Wigley of Hamilton, Ohio, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 9:00 until 10:15 Friday, December 30, 2016 at the funeral home. Flowers are accepted or Donations may be made, in memory of Mr. Tyson, to Morris State Bank. Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.