Hally B Tyson

Hally Bruce Tyson October 18, 1925 – May 16, 2016 Hally Bruce Tyson Sr., 90, passed away on May 16, 2016, at Gardens of Pamlico. He was born in Wilson, NC, in 1925 and was married to Jeanette Norton Tyson for more than 60 years. During his working career he was employed by Export Leaf Tobacco Co./Brown & Williamson of Wilson. He was a World War II veteran serving in the Merchant Marine/Coast Guard. He was a noble of the Sudan Temple in New Bern, and the Mt. Vernon Masonic Lodge #359, Oriental, NC, where he served as Master of the Lodge in 2001 and 2004 and was awarded his 50 year pin in 2007. He was also a member of the Pamlico County Shrine Club and Oriental First Baptist Church. Mr. Tyson is survived by two sons, Hally Bruce Tyson, Jr. and wife, Barbara and William Dennis Tyson and wife, Andrea; two grandsons, William Dennis Tyson Jr. and Aaron Worden Tyson, and two great-grandsons, William Dennis Tyson III and Landen Jack Tyson. He is also survived by two sisters, Margaret Poole of Richmond, Va. and Rita Lewis of Whiteville, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette, his father, Larry Onen Tyson and mother Susan Etta Wooten Tyson, three brothers, Marland, William, and Leslie Tyson, and a sister, Agnes Watche. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 23, at 11 am at Oriental First Baptist Church, Oriental, NC. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10 am. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Wilson, NC, at 3:30 pm. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in memory of Mr. Tyson to Mt. Vernon Masonic Lodge #359, c/o Tom Robinson, Secretary, 303 Phillips Drive, Arapahoe, NC 28510, or Oxford Children’s Home, 600 College St., Oxford, NC 27565. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.