Lottie Alice Calvert Tye

Lottie Alice Calvert Tye, 82, of Stuttgart went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Alice was born June 30, 1933, in Snake Island to Dave C. and Jewel Churchwell Calvert. She worked as an aide at Stuttgart Memorial Hospital and later became Dr. Jerry Morgan's nurse for many years. She also worked with her husband Harold in their sign company as a manual crane operator and bookkeeper. Alice was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She loved everyone and never met a stranger. Though she was little, she was fierce. She loved her church - Southside Baptist Church, and her pastor, Sunday school class and teacher, Glenda Landreth, but most of all, she loved Jesus. She also loved jewelry, baking her famous cakes, laughing, joking around with family and friends and her dogs and dolls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Tye; son, David Cecil Reaves; two great-grandchildren; and the father of her sons, George C. Reaves. She is survived by one son, Clifford and wife Tina Reaves of Stuttgart; two brothers, David B. Calvert of Carlisle and Marion and Patricia Calvert of New Edinburg; one sister, Bernice and Bobby Mashburn of Stuttgart; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Alice will be missed by her family, her many friends and special friend, Sharon Vaughn. Funeral services, officiated by Bro. Gregg Greenway, at 10 a.m. Saturday at Southside Baptist Church with burial following in Hamilton Cemetery. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Friday at Turpin Funeral Home. Her family requests memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 424, Stuttgart, Ark. 72160. Please go to www.turpin-co.com to sign the online guestbook.