Margaret Tinker

FLAT ROCK — Margaret Jean Gifford Tinker, 88, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 3, 2017, at her residence. She was born in Trenton, Ga., on Nov. 25, 1928. She married her loving husband, John Calvin Tinker on July 3, 1948, and moved to Sand Mountain in 1956. She was a member of Shiloh Nazarene Church. Funeral services are Sunday, June 11, at 2 p.m. CT at Corner Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. Melvin Dawson and Rev. Haskell Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in Payne Gap Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon until service time on Sunday. Survivors include special friends and caregivers, Tim and Dana Rogers; nephews, nieces, great-nieces and great-nephews, Jerome Tinker (Wanda), Haskell Tinker (Sharon), Wilma Jean Holman, Owen Tinker (Reda), Randy Tinker (Angela), Eric Tinker (Marlese), Pam Ridgeway, Greg Tinker, Kim Williams (Jim), C E Holman (Pam), Mickey Holman, Tracey Holman (Kim), Corey Tinker (Cindy), Casie Harmon, Amma Jean MacPherson, Wynona Bogert (George), Geneva Harris (John), Joan Fedler (Chuck), Rhonda King (Ronnie), Bill Pardue (Joan), Angela Minker (Darrell), Gwen Cooper, Randy Tinker (Rose), Eddie Tinker, Lynn Alig (Ben), Nancy Pace, John Tinker, Cindy Hancock (J D), Rob Tinker (Kitt), Shirley Lay (Buford), Gary Lay (Becky). Mrs. Tinker was preceded in death by her parents, George and Zona Thompson Gifford; husband, John Calvin Tinker; sister, Fannie Renfroe; brother, Rev. Melvin Gifford; several, nephews and nieces. Family extends a special thanks to ABC Hospice for their care and compassion. Please leave condolences online at www.cornerstonefuneralchapel.com.