Rev. Forrest Edgar Tyler

August 28, 1934 - March 20, 2017

Rev. Forrest Edgar Tyler, 82, of Shelbyville, IN, went home to be with the Lord on the morning of Monday, March 20, 2017 at Major Hospital in Shelbyville, IN. He was born August 28, 1934 in Lamar County, TX, a son of the late James Elbert and Beatrice Ella (Tubbs) Tyler. Forrest graduated from McGregor High School in Texas and then earned a Bachelor’s Degree and a ThB from Bethany Nazarene College in Oklahoma. On April 5, 1960, he married the love of his life and faithful companion in ministry, Dorothy Lorene Manning. He was a minister for 40 years and pastored churches in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, and Michigan. Rev. Tyler was also a college professor at Covenant Foundation College in Greenfield, IN for 14 years and Academic Dean for seven years at Union Bible College in Westfield, IN. Rev. Tyler was a communicator and loved people. His passion was young people and teaching them how to live and have good relationships with their spouses, often using his marriage of almost 57 years as an example. He was patient, reasonable, conscientious, careful, and disciplined. He lived his life with purpose. When able, he and his wife enjoyed traveling to see family. Those left to cherish Forrest’s memory include his loving wife of nearly 57 years, Dorothy Tyler; three children; Deanne (husband: David) Crane of Fairfield Township, OH, Lora (husband: Thomas) Elliott of Shelbyville and Jeffrey (wife: Karen) Tyler of Indianapolis; a grandson, Andrew Crane; two brothers, Virgil (wife: Reeda) Tyler of Bethany, OK and Herbert (wife: Billie) Tyler of Dallas, TX; two sisters, Lois (husband: Kenneth) Brown of Shertz, TX and Janice (husband; Darrell) Klea of Moore, OK and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, William, Wesley, and Claude Tyler and an infant sister, Ruth Ella Tyler. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Shelbyville Bible Holiness Church, 2811 East Michigan Road, with Pastor Joseph Smith officiating and the Reverends Darrell Stetler and Rollin Mitchell assisting. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville. Friends may call from 4 - 8 pm Friday at the church and for an hour prior to the service on Saturday. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Sproles Family Funeral Home in New Castle. You may send the family a personal condolence at www.sprolesfamilycares.com. The Sproles family and staff are honored to serve the family of Rev. Forrest Tyler.