Obituary of Faye Louise Tyson

Faye Louise O’Day Tyson was born to Julius G. and Ruby L. King on November 17, 1924, in Mertens, Texas. She passed away at the age of 99 on February 24, 2024, in Houston, Texas, following a brief illness.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Julius and Ruby King, husbands Edwin N. O’Day and Amos Tyson, brothers Neal King and Carl King, and grandsons Kevin O’Day and Maury O’Day.

Survivors include brothers Leon King and wife Doris, John King and wife Ann, sons Garland O’Day and wife Aida Karapetyan-O’Day, Don O’Day and wife Geraldine, daughter Carolyn Norton and husband Tom, grandchildren Sharon Damn, Amie O’Day, Jamison O’Day, Ryan O’Day, Nicole Norton Slatnick, Stephen O’Day, Nicole Smalenchuk, Athena Smalenchuk, and Vladimir Karapetyan. She was the proud great-grandmother of 15 great-grandchildren.

Louise resided in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Arlington, Texas, before moving to Houston, Texas.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 4, 2024, at Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery, 7301 E. Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas 76112.