Emily M. Tye

MRS. TYE, A RESIDENT OF ROCKY MOUNT FOR 42 YEARS, PASSED AWAY QUIETLY IN HER HOME ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND CECIL TYE, A SON RONNIE AND HER BROTHER BUD MORRIS OF INDIANA.
EMILY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, DEBORAH HOLCOMD AND HUSBAND BILLY OF BELMONT NC; A SON, DAVID TYE AND WIFE TORREY OF BOONE NC; THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA. SHE WILL ALSO BE MISSED BY HER LOYAL DOG AND COMPANION “DAISY”.
EMILY WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF ENGLEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF CIRCLE #1 AND THE GARDEN CLUB FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HER KIND HEART AND ENDEARING SPIRIT CULTIVATED MAN CHERISHED AND LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIPS OVER THE YEARS THAT SHE WAS VERY FOND OF.
A GATHERING WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WILL BE 7-8:30PM TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009, AT WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE PERFORMED BY DR. CARLTON MCKITA ON 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009, AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK AND WILL BE THE FINAL CHAPTER OF A LIFE WELL LIVED. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE TRIBUTE TO THIS EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN AND HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
SPECIAL THANKS ARE GIVEN TO EVA KING, DE. DAVID BROWDER, ENGLEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND HOSPICE FOR THEIR COMPASSIONATE CARE AND ASSISTANCE.
ARRANGEMENTS BY WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME, 1130 N. WINSTEAD AVENUE, ROCKY MOUNT NC.
ON-LINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE TYE FAMILY BY VISITING WWW.WHEELERANDWOODLIEF.COM