Obituaries

Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) - Monday, July 2, 2007 

TINSLEY Edward Harold Tinsley , passed away at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2007, in Beneva
Park Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sarasota, FL. Born December 3, 1916, at Lynn,
Greenup County, KY, he was the son of the late Edward Harold and Viola Mae Veach Tinsley.
He was also preceded in death by his wife Ruth Brown Tinsley and brother Marion Franklin
Tinsley , Ph.D. He is survived by brother, Joseph Samuel Tinsley , Thornville, OH; sister,
Mary Frances Tinsley Clark of Humble, TX; two nieces, Carol Clark Huber and Lisa Tinsley
Shankle; two nephews, Walter Clark and Edward Harold Tinsley ; step-daughter, Roberta
Brown Alexander, Bradenton, FL; and several great nieces, nephews and cousins. He served
in the U.S. Navy during WWII from 1937-1945 and was on the USS Bristol; USS Lyman K. Swen-
son; USS Astoria and the USS West Virginian. Edward was awarded the Navy Purple Heart for
wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States on October 13, 1943, when
the destroyer USS Bristol was torpedoed and sunk by a German Submarine in the Mediterrane-
an. He was an elementary school teacher in the Greenup County Kentucky School system from
1935-1937 and worked as a welder for Tropicana in Sarasota, FL until his retirement. A Mem-
orial Service including Military Honors will be held in Columbus, Ohio at 1 p.m. on Friday,
July 6, 2007, at Green Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tide-
Well Hospice and Palliative Care, Sarasota, FL. Arrangements by RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL
HOME, 515 High Street, Worthington, Ohio. Condolences to www.rutherfordfunerals.com. "Sign
the online guestbook at www.dispatch.com/obituaries" 

Edition: Home Final
Section: NEWS
Page: 04B
Index Terms: Obituary; Obituary namelist
Record Number: 0707010217
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