Funeral services for Clairel Roy Tingler, age 83 of Lyles will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 1, 2020 from the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. Bradley Martin officiating. Visitation with the family will be on Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. and on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until service time at 1:00 p.m. His remains will be cremated afterwards. Mr. Tingler died Sunday morning, December 29, 2019 at his home. For those desiring, memorials may be made to the Memorial Fund at East Hickman United Methodist Church.
Born in Colliers, West Virginia, Clairel was the son of the late Clairel Rubble and Beulah Nixie Robinson Tingler. He worked as an industrial electrician for Weirton Steel in Weirton, West Virginia. Mr. Tingler was an accomplished craftsman in wood-working and made many beautiful things for his home, his church, and his children’s homes. He also had interests in gardening, hunting, and fishing. And he especially loved his family and his church family at East Hickman UMC. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, David Tingler and by his nine sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Velma Eileen Tingler, Lyles; two sons, Darrell Tingler (Sherry), Winter Garden, FL and Milford Tingler (April), Pleasant View, TN; two daughters, Ella Lassan (Steve), Bon Aqua, TN and Shirley Krueger (Albert), Centerville, TN; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.