Katherine Janette Tyson

Services to reflect and celebrate the life of Katherine Janette Tyson will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at McPeters Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Randy Bostick and Dr. Ronnie Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in the Forrest Memorial Park.

Janette died on Friday, March 18, 2016 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born in Kossuth on June 22, 1933 to the late Luke and Ector Dunn Mitchell. She was a graduate of the 1953 Class at Rienzi High School and went on to work for the Corinth School System from which she later retired. She was an active member of Oakland Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the Choir. Janette was a loving and caring mother who adored her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved everyone she met, and they loved her. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Burnis Gilbert Tyson; one sister, Shirley Cobb and husband Leo; a brother-in-law, Billy Ross; and a niece, Tammy Ross.

Survivors include her daughter, Janet Turner and husband George; a son, Greg Tyson and wife Cathy; one sister, Margaret Ross; six grandchildren, Christopher, Angela, Joshua, Joseph, John Howard, and Anna; four great-grandchildren, Jayden, Scott, Makenzie, and Bayla; a niece, Donna Ozbirn; her church family and a host of friends.

Visitation will be on Saturday, March 19th from 5:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. and from 1:00 P.M. till service time on Sunday.