This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tynes, Herring, Haeft Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8590 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 21 Apr 2005 Tynes Thomas H. “Tom” Tynes, 77, of the Black Jack community died Monday, April 4, 2005 in Richards Memorial Hospital, Rockdale. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Thursday, April 7 at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home, Rockdale with Pastor Jim Pemerton of Victory Outreach Church of Hearne officiating. Burial followed in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale with Pastor Eddie Brown of First Assembly of God officiating. Also, helping officiate were Gunar Gerthe and Shirley Rogers. He was born July 8, 1927 in Waco to B.C. and Lillian (Herring) Tynes. He married Dorothy Haeft on June 15, 1947 in Waco. Mr. Tynes was a resident of the Black Jack Community for the past 34 years and formerly of Waco. He was a charter member of the Black Jack Volunteer Fire Dept. and member of the First Assembly of God in Rockdale. Mr. Tynes retired in 1989 from Alcoa in Rockdale where he was a Millwright for 20 years. He was also a retired minister and was involved with starting and serving with area churches. He was involved with the prison ministry. Mr. Tynes attended Baylor University and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was preceded in death by his son, James Allen Tynes on Aug. 11, 1979; parents and brothers, T. B. and James Tynes. Survivors include his wife Dorothy Tynes of Black Jack; son, Calvin Tynes and wife Angie of Black Jack; daughter, Deborah Caldwell and husband Ron of Waco; six grandchildren, Paula Church, Rhonda Holder, Thomas Caldwell and wife Cynthia, Tina Tynes, Aaron Tynes and Isaiah Tynes; six great-grandchildren, Lindsey, Zachary, Amanda, Austin, Tyler and Brandon. Pallbearers were John Young, Frank Rogers, Tommy Hamilton, Terry Walker, Dennis Tynes and Thomas Caldwell. Honorary pallbearers were Curtis Stark and Lee Walker. Memorials may be made to the First Assembly of God Church, 310 Childress, Rockdale.