Robie Tyler

John Robinson "Robie" Tyler, 18, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009. He was a 2009 honors graduate of Bradley Central High School as a BEAR and Tennessee Scholar where he was voted Best All-Around as a senior superlative and played football, #27. He was a nine time National BMX champion. He loved to hunt and fish and was a lifetime Bass Master member. He was an avid outdoorsman and had a lifetime sportsman license with the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency. He was a member of Big Spring Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Gina Von Whaley Tyler and father, John Robinson Tyler, Jr. and his wife, Sherry; best buddies, brother, Ross Tyler and brother thru friendship, Brandon Phillips; step-brother, Joshua Clifton and step-sister, Olivia Clifton, both of Cleveland; grandparents, W.C. and Janet Whaley, Nancy Tyler and John and Linda Tyler all of Cleveland; aunts and uncles, Kristie Haun and husband, Jason of Cleveland, Chris Tyler of Cleveland and Tammy Kaminski and husband, Klay of Melbourne, FL; cousins, Kristina, Elizabeth and Tanner Haun of Cleveland and Karlee and Kingsley Kaminski of Melbourne, FL; special friends, Kevin Mitchell and Mike Woody; and a loving and lifelong extended family, Tammy, Todd, T.J., and Taylor Finnell. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 6, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Clingan Ridge Baptist Church with Reverend George Burlson and Reverend William Lamb officiating. Interment will follow at Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with Wes Goss, Ronnie Goss, Damon Floyd, Jim Kibbler, Rusty Rymer, Keith Freeman, Scott Ford and Dewey Woody serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the 2008 Bradley Central Bears football team. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 5, 2009 from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home. The family requests that memorials be made to the Robie Tyler Memorial Fund which can be made at any Bank of Cleveland location, the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421 or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Tennessee Chapter, 404 BNA Drive Suite 102, Nashville, TN 37217. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Tyler family guest book at www.ralphbuckner.com.