Rossia Tyra Turbyfill
Rossia Tyra Turbyfill
December 31, 2013
Rossia Tyra Turbyfill, 87, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at the Red Bay Hospital. She was born in Franklin County to John Anderson and Lester Tyra. She was a member of Pilot Hill Baptist Church and devoted her life to taking care of her family.
Visitation was Thursday, Jan. 2, at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay.
Services were Friday, Jan. 3, at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, with Bro. H. Akins officiating. Burial was in Pilot Hill Cemetery, Vina.
Survivors include her son, Tony Lee Turbyfill and wife, Laurel, of Vina; daughter-in-law, Brenda Turbyfill of Vina; three grandchildren, Elaine Haithcock and husband, Jason, of Russellville, Cheston Turbyfill of New York and Lindsey Smith and husband, Daniel, of Starkville, Miss.; one great-granddaughter, Aidan Haithcock and one brother, Mac Tyra of Zion, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Turbyfill; daughter, Sheila Turbyfill; son, Andy Turbyfill; two sisters, Juanita Neal and Gwen McClain and one brother, Ora Lee Tyra.
Pallbearers were John Holt, Jim Hester, Boo Wilson, Donnie Wilson, J.T. Miller and Joel Page. Honorary pallbearers were Walton Nichols, Billy Ray Childers, Charles Neal and Pug Orrick.
The family requests donations be made to the National Down Syndrome Society, 666 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10012.
