The  Shelbyville  News
 Thursday, October 6, 2005
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Explosion Claims Local Man
Marvin Tinsley, 49, dies in tragedy at Marion plant.
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Died Wednesday October 5, 2005, at the St. Joseph Regional Burn Center, Fort Wayne.
S/o  Melvin  and  Mary Tinsely.  Raised in Morristown;  graduated from Morristown High School in 1974.
Four sisters.
Wife, Denise.  Six daughters:  Scarlett Tinsley-Price,  Candice Hobson,  Elizabeth,  Pollyanna,  Anne and  Mary.  Two grandsons.
Owned salvage company MKT Inc. in Shelbyville.
Song evangelist, going from church to church to sing; wife played the piano.
Father, Melvin, was once in a gospel quartet, and passed his love for music down to his son.
Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Chapel and Freeman Family Funeral Homes, 819 S. Harrison St.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  News
 Monday, January 4, 1999
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Irene H. Tinsley, 90, Shelbyville, died Sunday, January 3, 1999, at Major Hospital.
Born in Rush County on Aug. 22, 1908, d/o Edwin “Ted” and Margot “Maggie” Miller Honey.
May 7, 1933, she married  Elmer Tinsley,  who died on Feb. 22, 1952.
Housewife, she was a member of Moscow Christian Church.
Survivors: sister,  Maxine Richey,  Shelbyville. 
Preceded in death by a brother.
Moscow Cemetery in Rush County with the Rev. Howard Wickersham officiating. 
Burns Funeral Home, Milroy.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  News
 March 24, 1982
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Services and burial at Little Blue River Friends Church, north of Manilla.  Members here for over 30 years.
George R. Tinsley (95) and  Lottie Mae Lamb Tinsley,  (88), resdients of Gwynneville over 50 yrs, died w/i 12 hrs of each other.
Rev. Marvin Jones officiating.  Carmony Funeral Home.
Lottie born 10 Oct 1893 in Clay Co AR, d/o  Clinton  and  Mary Hill Lamb.  Married George 10 Apr 1910.  3 brothers and 2 sisters preceded.  Died Tuesday.
George born 20 Dec 1886 in Clay Co AR, s/o  John R.  and  Margaret Jane Dexter Tinsley.  5 brothers and 4 sisters preceded.  Farmed in Shelby-Rush counties over 30 yrs.  Died Wednesday.
Survivors:  Mrs. Ott (Hinda) Thomas, Rector AR;  Gilbert Tinsely, Arlington;  Mrs. Chester (Flora Lee) Wells, Greensburg;  Mrs. Donald (Nadine) Bogue;  Melvin Tinsley  and  Mrs. John (Marlene) Linville, all of Morristown.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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