Jimmy Tyner

Jimmy Frazier Tyner RALPH | Jimmy Frazier Tyner, age 60, of Ralph, died October 24, 2014, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 12 noon Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at Wesley Chapel Cemetery with Bobby Christian and Rodney Conell officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Wesley Chapel Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lula B. Tyner; his father, Hoyt Tyner; and his sisters, Doris Early and Gretchen Tubbs. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Tyner; son, James (Jim) Tyner; sister, Sybil Truman Englebert of Pensacola, Fla.; brothers, Bobby Tyner (Margaret) of Magnolia, Texas, Billy Tyner (April) of Pace, Fla., Rayburn Tyner (Cathy) of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thomas (Jumper) Early (Robin) of Northport, Ala.; and nephew, Wayne Falls of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Jimmy was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School in 1973, owned Tyner's Auto Trim & Upholstery, was a wildlife rehabilitator for 19 years, was a member of the Fosters-Ralph Volunteer Fire Dept. for 20 years, and was Assistant Chief. He loved the outdoors and wildlife. Pallbearers will be Steven Rumsey, Bo Harris, Matt Farris, Jerry Sanford, Dana Stamps and Eliott Waters. Honorary pallbearers are Fosters-Ralph Volunteer Fire Department and Hospice of West Alabama. The family would like to thank the 5th floor, ICU and the Cancer Floor at DCH Regional Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice of West Alabama or the Fosters-Ralph Volunteer Fire Department.