Rosa Lee Tinsley

Rosa Tinsley

Homegoing services for Mrs. Rosa Lee Tinsley of Chester, Georgia, will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at 11 AM at the Thankful Baptist Church, 2615 Empire Highway in Cochran. Reverend Donald Way will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Tinsley was born on May 2, 1936, to the late Rosa Reese Tharpe and Oscar Tharpe in Dodge County. She was educated in the Dodge County School System, and was a faithful member of the Thankful Baptist Church for many years. She was affectionately known as "Betta Ma" to her oldest grandchildren, and was a kind and full spirited person who always stood for what was right. She will be truly missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Tinsley was preceded in death by her husband, Walter James Tinsley, a son, I. J. Tinsley, sons-in-law, Cecil Peacock, Vincent Johnson, and by a grandson, Jaron Tinsley. She passed away on September 4, 2016.

Mrs. Tinsley leaves to cherish her memory three sons, R. L. (Geneva) Tinsley, of Hawkinsville, Oscar Tinsley of Albany, Jerry (Joyce) Tinsley of Dublin, five daughters, Gloria Tharpe, Carrie Peacock, Julia Tinsley, all of Dublin, Barbara Tinsley of Dexter, and Betty Ann Tinsley of Warner Robins, twenty grandchildren, of those she raised five as her own, Reverend Shawn (Jackie) Curtis, Antiwan (Sierra) Tinsley, all of Dublin, William "Jack" (Ambriea) Tinsley, Angel (Treyvon) Tinsley, all of Dublin, and Jonathan Tinsley of Panama City, Florida, forty-one great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, three sisters-in-law, Ollie Mae Tharpe of Chester, Maggie McNeal of Eastman, Omie Jean Orange of Plainfield, one brother-in-law, Joseph McNeal of Eastman, and a host of other countless relatives and friends.

The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family is receiving friends at 1929 Bethel Church Road in Chester.

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Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin