Frankie Tyree
Funeral services for Frankie Marie Tyree, 92, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 27, 2019 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Tyree passed away at 2:45 a.m., Sunday, June 23, 2019 at West Vue Nursing Center, surrounded by her family.
She was born October 21, 1926, at Bakersfield, Missouri, being the oldest daughter of William Pete Fore and Faye Hughes Fore. Frankie graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1945 and earned a Bachelor and Master’s Degree from Drury University. She began her teaching career at Stoney Point in rural Howell County. On June 4, 1955, she was married at Mountain Home, Arkansas, to Eldon Ray Tyree, who preceded her in death on December 18, 2014. She spent the next forty-two years teaching at Bakersfield, Missouri, Mountain Home, Arkansas, South Fork and West Plains, Missouri schools. After retiring from teaching, Frankie and Eldon traveled extensively visiting forty-eight states in the United States and several Canadian provinces. Frankie enjoyed helping Eldon on the farm, gardening, quilting and playing card games with her many friends. Mrs. Tyree was a Baptist in faith and attended United Free Will Baptist Church in West Plains.
She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Vadna and Floyd Jr. Bench; and many nieces, nephews and in-laws.
Her parents, husband of 59 ½ years, Eldon, one brother, Billy Joe Fore and one sister-in-law, Donna Lois Fore and one nephew, James Michael Harris, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Fore Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Fore Cemetery or Gideon Bible Society and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Pat Tyree
June 24, 2019 @ 5:04 pm
I am so sorry for your loss.
Frankie was a very nice sister in law and a good friend.
I will miss her .
Hassel and Alice Vandergriff
June 25, 2019 @ 7:58 am
I am so sorry to hear of Mrs. Tyree’s passing. I was privileged to be a student in her math class at West Plains Junior High School. She was an excellent teacher and a wonderful person. She will be missed.
Amber(Cozort)Redburn
June 25, 2019 @ 8:49 am
Tyree Family,
My deepest sympathy to your family upon the loss of Mrs. Tyree. Your family will be in my daily prayers. Mrs. Tyree was my 7th Grade History Teacher at WPMS, and I really enjoyed History due to her wonderful instruction. She really enjoyed teaching and had a great relationship with her students not only in her classroom but out in the real world as well. She will be missed. May God bless all of you.
In Christian Love,
Amber(Cozort)Redburn
Rick Peterson
June 25, 2019 @ 12:10 pm
I too had the honor of being a student of Mrs Tyree back in the late 60s. She was caring and compassionate teacher and still remember her smile. My condolences to the family and I hope you find comfort in the fact that she touched so many lives during her teaching career. She will not be forgotten.
Shelley Surface
June 25, 2019 @ 3:52 pm
I too had the honor of being a student of Mrs. Tyree. She also was a neighbor that lived down the road from me. She was a wonderful person, and a great teacher. She touched many lives. God Bless you all!!!
Tim tyree
June 25, 2019 @ 7:15 pm
Aunt Frankie will be missed very much…..
Jill (Cozort) Brooks
June 26, 2019 @ 9:45 pm
Sorry to hear of Mrs. Tyree’s passing. She was my 7th grade Social Studies teacher. My most vivid memory is sitting in her class on a Saturday morning because we had missed so many school days due to weather and illness. She tried diligently to make that Saturday bearable.