Octavia Tyler

Published 12:00 am Friday, April 3, 2009

FERRIDAY — Services for Octavia Conner Tyler, 84, of Ferriday, who died Friday, March 27, 2009, at Promise Specialty Hospital in Ferriday, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Harvest Baptist Church with the Rev. T.A. Baker Jr. officiating.
Burial will follow at Ferriday Cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Tyler was born June 14, 1924, in Boise, La., the daughter of James Wesley and Matilda Conner. She was a member of Evening Star Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Tyler; and her parents.
Survivors include two daughters, Connie Quinn and husband, Ivy, of Ferriday, and Gloria T. Johnson; 10 sons, Albert Tyler and wife, Emily, all of Chicago, Harrison Tyler and wife, Melinda, of New Orleans, Frederick Tyler, Dale Tyler and wife, Shirley, all of Atlanta, Dan Tyler and wife, Virginia, Charles Tyler, John Tyler and wife, Rose, Sebastine Tyler, Gregory Tyler and wife, Linda, and Michael Tyler, all of Ferriday; one uncle, Wash Wesley of Maywood, Ill.; 20 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be sent to concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.