Jerry Lee Tustison

Services for Jerry Tustison, 85, of Tyler, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2024, at the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home of Athens with Rev. Gerry Giles officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Athens.
Mr. Tustison went to be with his Savior Jesus Christ on April 30, 2024, in Tyler.
Jerry Lee Tustison was born October 11, 1938, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, the son of Charles and Pauline Tustison. He began his career working for over 10 years at the Ratteree Building material Company in Irving before moving into the swimming pool sales field. He worked for over 5 years at the Holiday Industries Pool Company in Irving before he moved his family to Malakoff where he started Tustison Sales, where he sold pools until his retirement. He loved spending time with family and took great joy in spending time with his brother in Longview.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter Karen K. Lynch and daughter in law Sandra Lee Tustison.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years Billie Nadine (Elmore) Tustison of Tyler; son Jim Tustison of Chandler, granddaughter LeeAnn Danyel Tustison and fiancé Austin Ray Krska of Chandler and his brother Lynn Tustison of Longview.
A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home of Athens.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home family.