Melisa Lynn Tinsley, age 59 of Douglasville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018.

Mrs. Tinsley was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on February 4, 1959, the daughter of the late Olin Alfred Gilley and Lois Ringer Gilley. She attended University of West Georgia where she received her Master Degree. She was a school teacher and a member of Heritage Seventh Day Adventist Church in Douglasville. She loved her family, her church and gardening very much.

Survivors include her husband, William “Bill” Elliott Tinsley of 35 years; son, Jon-Michel Aaron Tinsley of Douglasville; three aunts; one uncle and several cousins. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her sister, Sheila Gilley.

The family will receive friends at Almon Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Funeral service will be held Friday, December 7, 2018 at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with Pastor Sam Ball officiating.

Pallbearers will be family members.

Interment will be in Carroll Memory Gardens.

Messages of condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.almonfuneralhome.com.

Almon Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.