Aaron "Cowboy" Tyler's Obituary
AARON LEE TYLER WAS BORN ON JUNE 2, 1950, TO THE LATE JAMES (TREY) ROBY AND ODELL B. TYLER. AARON WAS THE ONLY SON OF FOUR CHILDREN. IN HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD DAYS, HE WAS ADOPTED BY J.W. AND LULA BURKS IN UTICA, MISSISSIPPI. HE ATTENDED HUBBARD ELEMENTARY AND MIXON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HIS WORK HISTORY INCLUDED BEING AN ASPHALT TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS.
HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AT SPRING RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH IN UTICA, MISSISSIPPI. ON MAY 21, 2025, WHILE RESTING PEACEFULLY AT HOME, OUR BELOVED FATHER JOINED HIS HEAVENLY FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES HIS MOTHER, ODELL B. TYER, FATHER, JAMES (TREY) ROBY AND STEPMOTHER SUSIE ROBY, ADOPTED PARENTS J. W. AND LULA BURKS, ONE (1) SISTER; JANIE LEE BENNETT, STEPBROTHER; JIMMIE FIELDS, SON IN LAW; DUSHUN LEWIS, ONE (1) AUNT; BOBBIE LEE WINSTON, ONE (1) UNCLE; JESSIE LEE FRANCIS, GRANDFATHER; FESTUS ROBY AND GRANDMOTHER MATTIE FRANCIS. HE LEAVES HIS MEMORIES TO BE CHERISHED BY HIS WIFE, MARY DELOIS TYLER, FIVE (5) DEVOTED DAUGHTERS: CATINA TYLER, ANNA TYLER-JACKSON, SHAMEKIA TYLER, AMY TYLER, AND CHANELLE TYLER, ONE (1) DEVOTED SON-IN-LAW; KEYWONE JACKSON, FOUR (4) GRANDSONS; JOSHUA TYLER, KENAN JACKSON, ANTON JACKSON, AND KARRENTON HARDIN. ONE (1) GRANDDAUCHTER, GRAYCE HOLT, THREE (3) GREAT-GRANDSONS; JAYCEON TYLER, JACODY TYLER AND ZION TYLER, ONE (1) GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, KAILANI ARIANNA JACKSON, THREE (3) SISTERS, ANNIE VIVIANS, JOHNNIE MAE (BEBE) THOMPSON AND DONNA FIELDS, ONE (1) STEP BROTHER; SAM ALLEN, ONE (1) AUNT; LATRICE PETERSON AND ONE (1) SPECIAL NIECE SHERRY BRIDGES, EIGHT (8) BROTHER IN LAWS, SEVEN (7) SISTERS IN LAWS AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSIN AND FRIENDS.
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