Alice Warfield Tyne

TYNE, Alice WarfieldAge 81 of Nashville, TN. Died peacefully at home on November 29, 2009. Preceded in death by father, Thomas James Tyne Jr.; mother, Frances Harris Burch; son, Thomas Tyne Earthman. Survivors include children, William F. Earthman III (Melissa), Elizabeth Warfield Earthman Cooney and John Christopher Burch Earthman (Mary); five grandchildren, Brooke Earthman McChesney (Matt), William F. Earthman IV., Robertson Tyne Earthman Beasley, Georgia Warfield Beasley and Anne Keeble Earthman; brothers, John C. Burch, Jr. and Lucius E. Burch III; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Tyne loved the outdoors and especially loved to swim in the ocean at Palm Beach, FL and in the cold mountain streams around Beersheba Springs, TN. She graduated from St. Mary's School, San Antonio, TX and Vassar College. She was active in the community having served as Secretary of The Junior League Board of Directors and Chairman of Provisional Causes, on the first Board of Trust of The Ensworth School, Chairman of the Swan Ball in 1965, Docent at Cheekwood Fine Arts Museum. She was a member of Colonial Dames, Belle Meade Country Club, the Centennial Club, the Beach Club of Palm Beach, FL, the Sailfish Club of Palm Beach, FL, the Mount Vernon Club, Baltimore, MD, the Vassar Club and the Deer Park Garden Club. Pallbearers are Robertson T.E. Beasley, Girard P. Brownlow III, Christopher R. Burch, Hardy C. Burch, John C. Burch III, Lucius E. Burch IV, William F. Earthman IV, Clay T. Jackson, Jr. and Eugene H. Nelson. The family wishes to thank the devoted caregivers at Band of Angels and Alive Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alive Hospice, Inc., 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203; Cumberland Heights, 8283 River Road Pike, Nashville, TN 37209; Dominican Campus, 4210 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205; Ensworth School, 211 Ensworth Place, Nashville, TN 37205 or the charity of one's choice. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 2001 West End Avenue with Reverend Edward Steiner, Celebrant. Private Interment to follow. No formal visitation. MARSHALL DONNELLY COMBS, (615) 327-1111