Susie Mae Tyus, 94, of Tallahassee, formerly of Jackson County, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Cross Landings Health and Rehabilitation Center in Monticello, FL.
Susie was a native and lifelong resident of Jackson County and was a member of Providence Baptist Church. She was a certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with Florida State Hospital where she retired after 35 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel and Mary Neel and her husbands, Leon Martin Basford and George Ryals Tyus. She is survived by one son, George Michael Tyus of Grand Ridge; two daughters, Neva Jean Basford Jones of Tallahassee and Gloria Gwendolyn Basford Conner (Rubert) of Grand Ridge; one sister, Reba Neel of Grand Ridge; seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchild.
Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2018 at James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel with Reverends Genoa Williams and Lawerence Revell officiating. Interment will follow in Cow Pen Pond Cemetery with James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel directing.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to funeral services at James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel.
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