Mary Ann Tyson, 76, of Arlington, Texas passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016. Mary Ann was born May 8, 1939 in Denison, Texas to Ida Mae Savage Jones. The union between Ida Ma Savage and Wilmire Jones untied their families with her beloved sister Wilma Ann Jones McKnight. She attended Terrell High School in Denison Texas where she graduated in 1958. She married Wallace Thomas Tyson on January 17, 1959 in Denison, Texas. Mary Ann worked at the Dallas Naval Air Station in Texas as manager and events coordinator. Wallace Thomas Tyson preceded her in death on August 14, 1999. Mary Ann was also preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Margaret Tyson-Conley on June 7, 20111 and by one son, Wallace Thomas Tyson II on July 8, 2011.
Survivors include her children, Sandra Marie Tyson, Barbara Ann Tyson-Conley, and Joyce Linda Tyson, grandchildren: Amanda Annette Conley, Carrissa Paige Tyson, Cameron Thomas Tyson, Candace Nicole Tyson, and Tizié Tyson Irie.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm on Thursday, April 14 at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 North Davis Drive, Arlington, Texas, with a Rosary beginning at 7pm. Funeral mass will be 2 pm, Friday, April 15 at St Matthew Catholic Church, 2021 New York Avenue, Arlington, Texas.
The family wishes to share this poem and hope it touches your heart as it touched theirs.
MOTHER
We had a wonderful mother,
One who never really grew old;
Her smile was made of sunshine,
And her heart was solid gold;
Her eyes were as bright as shining stars,
And her cheeks fair roses you see.
We had a wonderful mother,
And that’s the way it will always be.
But take heed because
She’s still keeping an eye on all of us,
So let’s make sure
She will like what she sees.
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