Funeral service for Melvia L. Tyler, 88, Mountain Park, OK, will be at 1:00 pm Saturday in the Church of Christ, Snyder with Jay Culpepper, Minister officiating. Mrs. Tyler died Tuesday in Altus, Oklahoma. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. She was born July 22, 1923 in Ninnekah, Oklahoma to John Wesley and Mary Agnes (West) McCarty. She married Buck Tyler on August 9, 1941 in Anadarko, OK. He passed away July 8, 1997. She was a hard worker, spending many hours working on the farm, and raising her family. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to crochet, and was a longtime member of the Snyder Church of Christ. Survivors include her five children, Jim Tyler and wife Ruth of Maysville, OK, Jerry Tyler of Chickasha, OK, Deborah Tyler of Bakersfield, CA, Rhonda Stevens and husband Dale of Coalinga, CA, Betty Tyler of Mountain Park, OK, two sisters, Millie Owens of Cache, OK and Bessie Romine of Delaware. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son - Michael Wayne Tyler and a brother Wesley McCarty.