David Willard Tinker^[1]

Abt 1924 - 2001  (~ 77 years)

• Name	David Willard Tinker
  Born	Abt 1924
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Apr 2001	St. Mary's Medical Center   [2]
  Buried	26 Apr 2001	Carter Family Cemetery
  Person ID	I74412	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	David Anderson "Ance" "Dave" Tinker,   b. 1 Nov 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Oct 1982  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Elva Ezalee Smelcer,   b. 1 Sep 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Aug 1969  (Age 70 years)
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F27591	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Irene
  Children	+ 1. Joyce Tinker   2. Audrey Tinker
  Family ID	F32302	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 9 Feb 1936. Arthur Tinker obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 25 Apr 2001. TINKER, DAVID W. - age 77, of Knoxville, passed away Tuesday morning, April 24, 2001, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Survived by wife, Irene Tinker; daughters, Joyce Carter of Knoxville, and Audrey Edwards of Bristol; grandsons, Steve McKee and Randy Edwards; granddaughters, Cheryl Carter and Jessica Carter; great-grandson, Stephen Reese; sisters, Bobbie Decker of Pigeon Forge, Esalee Newman of Pigeon Forge, Stella Bartley of Frankfort, Ind.; brothers, Jimmy and H. Tinker of Sevierville, and granddaughter-in-law, Kathy McKee. Family and friends will gather 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Carter Family Cemetery for a graveside service with Rev. Donald W. Whaley officiating. The Tinker family will receive friends 8 a.m. - 12 Noon Thursday at McCarty Mortuary, 4004 Holston Drive.