NEWBERRY - A. Ruth Miller Tyler, 86, widow of Robert L. “Bob” Tyler Sr., died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on April 18, 1926, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Siron B. and Carrie Davis Miller. Mrs. Tyler worked for J.P. Stevens Company and retired from the Newberry County Council on Aging.

She is survived by a son, Robert L. Tyler Jr. of Newberry and Phyllis T. Cheatham of Moncks Corner; grandchildren, Christopher Cheatham, Cara C. Hogg, Michael R. Tyler and Mitchell E. Tyler and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Tyler was predeceased by sisters, Allie Mae Morris and Virginia M. Fulmer and brothers, Homer Miller, S.W. “Bo” Miler and Collie Miller.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Harmony Hospice, 100 Ashland Park Lane, Suite K, Columbia, SC 29210 or Hospice Care of the Tri-County, 13795 CR Koon Highway, Newberry, SC 29108.

Active pallbearers will be her grandsons.

McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements. A memorial message may be written to the family at www.mcswainevans.com.