Robby Jean Harris Tyson

August 24, 1935 - July 2, 2020

Robbie Jean Harris Tyson, 84, passed away July 2, 2020 at her residence. Visitation will be 1pm-2pm Sunday at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Service will be 2pm Sunday at Pine Bluff Baptist Church with burial at Pine Bluff Dentville Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mrs. Tyson was a member of Westside Baptist Church and was an active leader in the local 4-H Club. She had a deep love for horses and cattle, catering, gardening, and hunting. She enjoyed spending time with others and she loved being around her family most of all. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Allen Harris, Sr., mother, Ruby Edna Hood Harris, brother, Robert Allen “Bobby” Harris, Jr.; and granddaughter, Alayna Michelle Sandifer. She is survived by her husband, James P. Tyson, Sr.; daughter, Robin Michelle Tyson of Hazlehurst; son, James P. “Ricky” Tyson (Lucy) of Hazlehurst; sister, Rachel Harris Barlow (Leon) of Dentville; and grandchildren, Libby Tyson and Patrick Tyson. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 16th floor, New York, NY 10001.