Mrs. Viola F. Tinsley, 57, of Dix, died at 7:25 pm yesterday at Good Samaritan Hosptial.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, with the Rev Verneil Garren officiating. Burial will be in the Boyd Cemetery.

Mrs. Tinsley was born in Jefferson County on March 14, 1917, the daughter of John and Lena (Piercy) Carpenter.

On Oct. 26, 1932, she was married to Leslie Tinsley, who survives.

Mrs. Tinsley was member of the Boyd Christian Church.

She is survived by her husband, Leslie; a brother, James Carpenter, of Batavia; and three sisters. Mrs. Ethel Meadow of Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Simmons of Dix and Mrs. Evelyn Wray of Bluford.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: Unknown
Submitted by: Kiowana Hayes Ferguson