Elizabeth “Bettie” Golden Tyler, age89, resident of Columbus, died on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled at St. Paul United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 11, 2015, 11 a.m. with Reverend (Dr.) P. Shane Green officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby, Columbus. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at the Fellowship Hall of St. Paul United Methodist Church beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Bettie was a Columbus resident all her life. She was born in Columbus November 29, 1925 along with her twin, Barbara Golden Pound. They were affectionately known as the “Golden Twins.”
Mrs. Tyler was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and also attended at First Presbyterian. She was a member of the Junior League of Columbus; Past President of the St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary; member of the Colonial Danes; and Junto Study Club. She and her sister Barbara were both one time honored ladies for the Columbus Historic Ball. Bettie loved animals and was a big supporter of PAWS.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Davis Tyler; her parents, Theodore Ernest Golden, Jr. and Lydia Mae Key Golden; along with her grandparents, James B. Key and Lydia Botts Key, Theodore Ernest Golden, Sr. and Elizabeth Lennard Golden; her granddaughter, Mary Katherine “Katie” Tyler; and many close friends.
Mrs. Tyler is survived by three daughters, Barbara Tyler Frickel and her husband Peter of Sarasota, Florida, Virginia Tyler of Columbus, and Cynthia Tyler and her husband Phillip of Atlanta, Georgia; one son, Davis Tyler and his wife Carol of Moultrie, Georgia; ten grandchildren, Ben and Mark Frickel, Emily Davis, Rob and Dolly Stover, Sara Patton, Lydia Colson, Matt Keller, Lacey Hart, and Kristen Cooper; 13 great-grandchildren; many beloved nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to PAWS, 4900 Milgen Road, Columbus, Georgia 31907 or Columbus Hospice House at www.columbushospice.com. Condolences may be offered at www.shcolumbus.com.
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