ROSE M. TYSON was born on May 10, 1949, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Vennie L. Giddens and Elizabeth Giddens (Vernon). She attended the Pittsburgh Public Schools, graduating with honors from South Hills High School in 1967. She earned a B.A. from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1971 and a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., in 1974. She was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1974 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1975. She began employment with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board in April, 1980, as a General Attorney in the Office of Appeals Counsel. She was promoted to the position of Supervisory Attorney in 1985 and, during a reorganization of the office in about 1995, was changed to the position of Associate Director. She supervised the preparation of recommendations for decisions to be issued by the Board. Prior to her employment with the Board, Rose served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia from November, 1975, to April, 1980, assigned first to the office's Special Litigation Section and later to the Civil Division as a trial attorney. Prior to that, she was an Assistant District Attorney for Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she prosecuted criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to major felonies in the Court of Common Pleas.

Rose met Evans Tyson while they were both students at Howard University in November 1971. They married on September 1, 1979, and of this union two children were born; Roselyn Ohui Tyson and Ashley Ogbo Tyson, both of Washington, D.C. Rose cherished her family and was generous to them and many others.

She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Central Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, around 1958. She later joined the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Pittsburgh and, after moving to Washington, D.C., attended the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church.

She departed this life on March 6, 2026. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Evans Tyson, two daughters, Roselyn Ohui Tyson and Ashley Ogbo Tyson of Washington, D.C.; five sisters, Carol A. Loper (Glenn) of Pennsylvania, Linda D. Grant of Pennsylvania, Connie Jones of Pennsylvania, Sandra Jemison of California, and Pamela Giddens of Pennsylvania; two brothers, Leon Grant (Denise), and Gregory Giddens (Validia) of Pennsylvania, one brother-in-law, Laud Tyson (Gifty) of Ghana, and a host of other relatives and many friends.

Funeral service will be held Friday, March 28 at the St. Paul AME Church, 400 Orchard Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15210; Visitation: 9am to 10am; Service: 10am; Interment will be private.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Aldrich Funeral Homes, 431 E 9th Ave, Munhall, PA 15120; tel: 412-461-3400