Nettie Miller Tinsley, 81, daughter of the late Albert Wesley and Sammie Cathey Miller, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, near Greenway.

She was married to Cleatus Tinsley in 1944. To this union seven children were born.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cleatus Tinsley; one son, Dale Tinsley; and her only daughter, Vernetta Tinsley Nixon.

She is survived by five sons: Gary Tinsley of Rector, Charles Tinsley of Paragould, Gerald Tinsley of Greenway, Reginald Tinsley of Fairdealing, Mo., and Dennis Tinsley of Hayti, Mo.; sixteen grandchildren; thirty-five great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the Hoggard & Sons Chapel with Boyd Wicker officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery in Greenway. Pallbearers were Reginald Tinsley, Jeff Nixon, Trevor Tinsley, Stephan Tinsley, Juane Tinsley, Damien Tinsley, Kenny D. Nixon, and Brian Buchanan. Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.