Saturday Obit

Pig	Posted 2019-09-14 4:51 PM (#95823)
Plankowner Posts: 5024 Location: Gulfport, MS	Subject: Saturday Obit TYLER, Maurice Tyler, was born on September 10, 1931 and passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Maurice was a resident of Cordova, Tennessee at the time of passing. After high school he went on to graduate from the Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, TN. Joining the US Navy, he was a part of the NROTC program Class of '56 USNA in Annapolis, Maryland. Commissioned Ensign USN. Career included Aviator, Pensacola, FL, Surface Navy and Submariner in West PAC during the "Cold War." He served in the Pacific on the submarines USS Blackfin (SS-322) and USS Tang (SS-563), which earned a Presidential Commendation from John F Kennedy, and in the Atlantic on USS Odax (SS-484). A memorial service for Maurice will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 1:30 P.M. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with an inurnment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Enid, MS. Donations can go to American Cancer Society in the name of Patricia or Carol Tyler or to the Share the Care Fund of the Methodist Healthcare Alliance.